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I am in dire need of a measurement. I would like to know how much clearance there is between the oil pan and the K-member.
We put a Cobra High Volume Oil pump in the motor, but there are two teeny problems.
1. The pick-up tube is bigger than the OEM mark VIII pick-up tube. We aleviated that problem by slightly bending the tube so it will fit in the oil pan pick-up tube baffle.
2. Since the tube is a little bigger on the OD side, we need to flatten outout the passenger side of the oil pan where it rides over the K member. And we don't know how much clearance there is to begin with between the pan and the k member. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks much.
Posted by: 94m5
IIRC, there is roughly 1/2-3/4" clearance. I would crawl under and look to be sure, but mymarks are 900 miles away. hope this helps.
Mike
Posted by: Frogman
Thanks Mike.
We flattened the indented side of the pan a bit, hopefully it will work
I would have uploaded some pics, but amazingly, there is an upload limit size of 140 some odd K. Postage stamp sizes.
Posted by: 94m5
Yea I know. I've been yelling about that for a long time. Outside hosting source maybe? I know for a fact this project would be worth the time required.
Mike
Posted by: Frogman
Watch, now someone's gonna bitch about how big the images are. :
