when you got your arp main studs...

[cyclonekid77]

my engine has arp main studs. its a 6-bolt with stock oil pickup. i was wondering what you guys did about the oil pick up tube. normally it mounts to one of the old main bolts but the arp stud is bigger in diameter and the nut is taller so it cant drop down as far as it needs to. can i cut that extra bracket off and only bolt it to the oil pump? any ideas would be great.

 

[VeryFast2gDSM]

When I rebuilt mine, I cut off that bracket. But Ive seen people who also just drilled out the hole bigger on the bracket to sit over the ARP main stud...

 

[cyclonekid77]

the pickup seems pretty strong, so cutting it off probly wouldnt hurt it but i just wasnt sure

 

[VeryFast2gDSM]

It is, I think that bracket is there, incase people crush the oil pan (By jacking up on it). Which might push on the pickup tube if that bracket wasn't there...

 

[cyclonekid77]

ill probably just cut it off too because the mains are all torqued down already. they were torqued by the builder too so im not sure exactly how tight they are and i just want to leave the mains alone.

 

[VeryFast2gDSM]

Yeah, I wouldn't mess with the mains, if they were already torqued...

 

[pearl4gtsi]

i just finishes a rebuild on mine not too long ago. put about 6k on it since. i opted to cut off the bracket and its been perfectly fine ever since.

 

[Auto RS T]

Cyclone and I opted to cut the bracket off. We would have just drilled the bracket out if we hadn't had the mains torqued all ready. The pickup seems like it will be fine without the bracket, its pretty sturdy. The car is on the road now, but I just got the pictures up for the visual update.

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[Ajax]

Just to let you know that the 420a just use 1 bolt on the pick-up tube not even 2 or a support bracket. So I would think the two bolts should be be good, just my thought.