Can a High Volume oil pump suck the floor up?

[fullmetaljacket]

If you have to cut it tight, for your own personal reasons, please don't go less than 3/8. If I understood what you said about no rebuilds.

OKAAAYY, so no less than 3/8" and no more than 1/2" off the floor? Gonna break past the witching hour on this one. it's the only time I've got.

 

[Curiousyellow71]

Heading to the grotto tonight to make my fitments and measurements. The new pick up will be at 1/4" to 3/8" off the floor.
As I mentioned before, my old pick up screen box was at 1/2" off the floor alone. The tube itself where its entry starts is at the top of that screen box and is another 1" higher. That meant that the tube entry was 1-1/2" above the floor. All together it would be fine if oil was always above the box and perhaps it was, but I don't want to take any chances.
I don't want to hurt this motor for a number of reasons, one being that I just don't have or can afford the time to break it down to rebuild and reinstall.
Pictures to follow.

Tube entry height is not relevant because it's air tight to the pickup assembly. Don't sweat that. Focus on the distance of the pickup to the bottom.
When we used to build pans we lengthened the pickup by taking two and welding them together. Much better then splicing in a chunk with two welds. That worked pretty good. Guessing you have a plan. All your stuff is very well thought out.Lol

 

[fullmetaljacket]

Tube entry height is not relevant because it's air tight to the pickup assembly. Don't sweat that. Focus on the distance of the pickup to the bottom.
When we used to build pans we lengthened the pickup by taking two and welding them together. Much better then splicing in a chunk with two welds. That worked pretty good. Guessing you have a plan. All your stuff is very well thought out.Lol

Yes, thank you. The car is surely a scientific experiment in motion.
I will post pictures when it’s dry installed and all.

 

[j-c-c-62]

The tube itself where its entry starts is at the top of that screen box and is another 1" higher. That meant that the tube entry was 1-1/2" above the floor. All together it would be fine if oil was always above the box

Understand that the first thing the oil pump will remove from the PU box is any trapped air inside, after that only oil, unless the outside the PU oil level ever drops to the level of the lower PU box opening to get or suck air, rather than oil. Until then, the PU box will ALWAYS be filled with oil.