Re: 3/8 vs 1/2 inch oil pickup. Do I even need 1/2?
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Your app wouldn't need it right now but as said since it is already tapped & I would get a 1/2 pickup & bend/mod it to get the pickup at the height you prefer. there has been mention of the block pickup threaded boss being too thin on one side after drilling along the original CL so you might check that. I like to have the pickup touching the pan with some added spacers so there is no restriction down there & the pickup is supported on both ends to avoid potential vibration cracking tho likely not a dealbreaker, just my OCD talkin.
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Re: 3/8 vs 1/2 inch oil pickup. Do I even need 1/2?
[Re: Charger446]
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Your Moroso pickup probably has just 1/2 threads and a 3/8 tube anyway. I’d get the 1/2 pickup though. Also look into if the turn has been opened up in the block. Should be pics or diagrams on the interwebs on that.
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Re: 3/8 vs 1/2 inch oil pickup. Do I even need 1/2?
[Re: Charger446]
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3/8 was standard.Imade my 440 1/2.But there were other mods needed to utilise all the advantages.I had the things here but lost them over the years.Rocky
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Re: 3/8 vs 1/2 inch oil pickup. Do I even need 1/2?
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I don't think I have ever seen a 3/8 pickup, I would find a 1/2.. There is, the 440-4 and 440-6 in 70 and 71 used the hemi pan and had a 3/8" pickup. The pickup tube was available , now ? I used a moroso 1/2" pickup threaded end, its a separate part welded to the tube, to neck down to the 3/8 pickup tube for the original A body 383 pan, the block had already been drilled when I was building it for a different application.
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Re: 3/8 vs 1/2 inch oil pickup. Do I even need 1/2?
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The bypass spring in the pump determines how much oil goes into the pump and block, not the internal size of the oil pick up Have to disagree, the suction side of the system is the critical limiting factor. Even with the bypass fully closed, if you can't get it to the pump the volume output will suffer.
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Re: 3/8 vs 1/2 inch oil pickup. Do I even need 1/2?
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I'm wrestling with this same question on a "street only" 440 I'm starting to build.... Is the 1/2" pickup necessary?
One thing I did find out (the hard way) is to match the pan with the pickup (same manufacturer). I put on a "hemi/six pack" Milodon pan & my 70/71 Hemi pickup tube (1/2") didn't fit. I had to buy a Milodon 1/2" pickup.
Also, fyi, I still have that 70/71 Hemi pickup in one of my boxes of parts.
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Re: 3/8 vs 1/2 inch oil pickup. Do I even need 1/2?
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The bypass spring in the pump determines how much oil goes into the pump and block, not the internal size of the oil pick up Have to disagree, the suction side of the system is the critical limiting factor. Even with the bypass fully closed, if you can't get it to the pump the volume output will suffer. Plus Mopar didn’t use 1/2 for no reason. The outer limit of a 3/8 might be beyond nascar needs, which wouldn’t apply to many doing this, but they did it nonetheless.
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Re: 3/8 vs 1/2 inch oil pickup. Do I even need 1/2?
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I run real loose (.0035+)bearing and lifter clearances(.002+) on all of my street and strip builds with 5W20 Wt. oil now with the high volume oil pumps with 65 Lb. + pressure at or above 2300 RPM with hot oil No bearing or other oiling issues using the stock type 3/8 oil pickups with 1/8 inch or less pick up clearances to the bottom of the oil pan by checking that clearance through the drain plugs on the last 12 motors I use to use 1/2 inch pickups with 50Wt racing oil I have ruin several stock blocks while modding them for the larger 1/2 thread sizes and had to block the stock oil passage off in the blocks under the oil pump and use a Milidon swinging external oil system No more
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Re: 3/8 vs 1/2 inch oil pickup. Do I even need 1/2?
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The bypass spring in the pump determines how much oil goes into the pump and block, not the internal size of the oil pick up Have to disagree, the suction side of the system is the critical limiting factor. Even with the bypass fully closed, if you can't get it to the pump the volume output will suffer. right again john.
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Re: 3/8 vs 1/2 inch oil pickup. Do I even need 1/2?
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I have ruin several stock blocks while modding them for the larger 1/2 thread sizes I never have, so is your anecdotal experience more valid than mine?
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Re: 3/8 vs 1/2 inch oil pickup. Do I even need 1/2?
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72 RR, Pump gas 440, 452s, 3800 lbs, Corked, ET Radials,. 11.33@117.72.
Same car, bone stock 346s, 9.5 comp, baby solid. 12.24@110.
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