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I wonder if anyone has any input on this, anyone done a wet sump based external pump setup on thier cars? Im debating where to place the new oil pickup and pickup passage; further down into the sump, and run a -10 line to my external pump, or just reuse the factory oil pickup and drill and tap a fitting to the oil pump's core plug?

(blocking off the original exit to the pump offcoarse).

Using the factory pump as an oil outlet would be ideal, but I am worried about that sharp 90 the oil has to take to go out of the plug. The easiest solution is obviosly use a dry sump pump, but Im entrataining the idea of a wet sump system that deletes the factory gerotor.

A picture of the oem pump and where I want to place my pump feed line:

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Some additional pictures of the sump and and block: (pay no attention to the big gaping hole in it, There will be an extension welded on)

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Thank you.

  • 2 weeks later...

Both ways are ok, I personally went the extended pickup route and works fine. Oil pressure is always rock solid.

A friend of mine tapped a fitting into the sump for the pickup and works fine too. I just dont like the idea of having the pickup at the lowest point of the sump just in case any crap settles to the bottom and it sucked in.

We both run inline oil filters as well as the stock oil filter (remote).

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