78 Oil Pickup on a GT?
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So I was told the ob pickup is a good idea ... ordered and received one form Mark Anderson .... here's the schematic. I can see that the screen is a good idea, but how does it all work? Mine came as one screen and one unit (pickup) with a rubber end. Am I missing something? Maybe number 14? Or, is it that the oil pan ALSO needs to be an early one? Mine doesn't have the round reservoir -looking thing ....
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Here's the setup I have now in the bottom of the stroker- the 'petals' are bolted to the GTS pan from the engine I blew up (had to be tapped for the petals and the screen, of course) so this OB oil pickup setup works fine with a later pan.
If you're going to use a pan spacer, you'll want to make the dipstick hole in the sump screen more 'oval', front to back - the spacer alters the geometry of the screen enough that this becomes necessary.
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Here's the setup I have now in the bottom of the stroker- the 'petals' are bolted to the GTS pan from the engine I blew up (had to be tapped for the petals and the screen, of course) so this OB oil pickup setup works fine with a later pan.
If you're going to use a pan spacer, you'll want to make the dipstick hole in the sump screen more 'oval', front to back - the spacer alters the geometry of the screen enough that this becomes necessary.
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I am still not seeing the significance of this, other than that the plastic piece changes the way the oil will be accessible to the rubber pickup.
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If you are running a pan spacer you will need to put spacers where the pick up mounts to the cradle to take up the space created by the pick up tube extension.
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In any case, the S4 has a screen and that has appeal to me having grenaded an engine. Fewer shards, or at least smaller, in the heads that way.
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I'm not convinced by this change. In fact, I went to S4 from the "cloverleaf" arrangement. I believe that air get under the shroud before the S4 pickup is exposed.
In any case, the S4 has a screen and that has appeal to me having grenaded an engine. Fewer shards, or at least smaller, in the heads that way.
In any case, the S4 has a screen and that has appeal to me having grenaded an engine. Fewer shards, or at least smaller, in the heads that way.
Incidentally I will be happy to trade anyone my S4/85/GT parts for their early car parts.
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Rob is this the new spacer for the pickup?
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Here's the setup I have now in the bottom of the stroker- the 'petals' are bolted to the GTS pan from the engine I blew up (had to be tapped for the petals and the screen, of course) so this OB oil pickup setup works fine with a later pan.
If you're going to use a pan spacer, you'll want to make the dipstick hole in the sump screen more 'oval', front to back - the spacer alters the geometry of the screen enough that this becomes necessary.
Here's the setup I have now in the bottom of the stroker- the 'petals' are bolted to the GTS pan from the engine I blew up (had to be tapped for the petals and the screen, of course) so this OB oil pickup setup works fine with a later pan.
If you're going to use a pan spacer, you'll want to make the dipstick hole in the sump screen more 'oval', front to back - the spacer alters the geometry of the screen enough that this becomes necessary.
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H, yes, that's the pickup spacer. You can see the other spacers for the pickup mounting bolts here. They're, uh, 3/8" thick. ![Smilie](https://rennlist.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
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