Oil Pickup Tubes

We carry new and used pickups in most popular styles for both stock depth and deep sump pans.. Many different types of pickup tubes were used over the years. All car chassis use oil pans with the sump in the center, while trucks use pans with the sump in either the front or the rear. The pickup must be matched to the correct sump location and depth of the pan you are using. In addition, Hemi's used a 1/2 inch tube while almost everything else used a 3/8 tube, so the vast majority of pickups will have a 3/8" diameter pipe. It is possible to drill and tap your block out to 1/2" diameter and use a hemi pickup for increased oil volume. Chrysler calls these an "Oil strainer with pipe."

For oil pans to match these pickups, see our Oil Pans page.

The other change we've made is how the pickup tube itself is bent. In the center of the tube, you can see there are two bends which cause the pickup to have a bit of an "S" shape to it. In the standard style pickups, the center part of this "S" shape is designed to locate directly underneath a stock windage tray. In stroker engines, stock windage trays don't work because the rods and/or rod bolts will come into contact with them during the larger revolutions. So the solution is to use a "stroker" windage tray, which is actually made deeper so it clears the rod bolts. The problem we found, is that once you make the tray deeper, it now wants to occupy the same space as the pickup. In the past, it was necessary to either cut, bend and reweld the pickup, or modify (cut) the windage tray to go around the pickup.  In our new stroker pickups, although it's hard to tell just from looking at the picture, we've changed the profile of the "S" bend, and we've moved the bend "down" farther towards the screen of the pickup so it's out of the way of the windage tray.

But that's not all we've done. These days bottom end girdle kits are all the rage. When you put a girdle plate underneath the windage tray, it drops it down even more by whatever the thickness of the girdle is (usually 1/4".) So, we've even designed and tested these pickups to work with not just our stroker windage tray, but also a main stud girdle AND our stroker windage tray together. Because all performance engines are put together with aftermarket parts, and every engine is slightly different, of course we can't absolutely guarantee that these will be a 100% bolt in deal for everyone's engine, but they're a heck of a lot better than the options that were previously available. These are quite a timesaver for a great price, AND they're 100% made in the USA.

These are designed for 7" deep (7 quart) center sump pan, such as our pan 121-1030. This part number has 3/8" threads for stock type wedge blocks, and we also offer them with the larger 1/2" threads for Hemi blocks or wedge blocks that have been drilled and tapped for the larger Hemi size pickup.

Part No: 127-1017 - Stroker Oil Pickup Tube - 3/8" thread - NEW. Price: $34.95

The other change we've made is how the pickup tube itself is bent. In the center of the tube, you can see there are two bends which cause the pickup to have a bit of an "S" shape to it. In the standard style pickups, the center part of this "S" shape is designed to locate directly underneath a stock windage tray. In stroker engines, stock windage trays don't work because the rods and/or rod bolts will come into contact with them during the larger revolutions. So the solution is to use a "stroker" windage tray, which is actually made deeper so it clears the rod bolts. The problem we found, is that once you make the tray deeper, it now wants to occupy the same space as the pickup. In the past, it was necessary to either cut, bend and reweld the pickup, or modify (cut) the windage tray to go around the pickup.  In our new stroker pickups, although it's hard to tell just from looking at the picture, we've changed the profile of the "S" bend, and we've moved the bend "down" farther towards the screen of the pickup so it's out of the way of the windage tray.

But that's not all we've done. These days bottom end girdle kits are all the rage. When you put a girdle plate underneath the windage tray, it drops it down even more by whatever the thickness of the girdle is (usually 1/4".) So, we've even designed and tested these pickups to work with not just our stroker windage tray, but also a main stud girdle AND our stroker windage tray together. Because all performance engines are put together with aftermarket parts, and every engine is slightly different, of course we can't absolutely guarantee that these will be a 100% bolt in deal for everyone's engine, but they're a heck of a lot better than the options that were previously available. These are quite a timesaver for a great price, AND they're 100% made in the USA.

These are designed for 7" deep (7 quart) center sump pan, such as our pan 121-1030. This part number has 1/2" threads for stock type wedge blocks, and we also offer them with the standard 3/8" threads under a different part number.

Part No: 127-1018 - Stroker Oil Pickup Tube - 1/2" thread - NEW. Price: $34.95

Part No: 121-1004 - Oil Pickup Tube 7" Deep Sump - 3/8" thread - NEW. Price: $19.95

Part No: 121-1005 - Oil Pickup Tube 7" Deep Sump - 1/2" thread - NEW. Price: $19.95

Part No: 200-1075 - External Swinging Oil Pickup - Price: $69.95

Part No: 200-1074 - Billet Aluminum External Oil Pickup - Price: $49.95

Part No: 127-1008 - External Oil Pickup - Price: $29.95

Part No: 101-1010 - Oil Pickup Tube Curved - NEW. Price: $29.95

LIMITED SUPPLY AVAILABLE - WILL BE DIRECTLY FROM USED ENGINE - NOT CLEANED AS SHOWN.

Part No: 100-1029 - Oil Pickup Rear Sump Truck - USED. NOT AVAILABLE

Part No: 100-1028 - Oil Pickup Front Sump Truck - USED. Price: $29.95