Depends how you're doing it. If you're removing the oil pan, then yes. Most people remove the timing cover instead though, because it's easier. You just have to be careful not to drop the oil pump bolts into the oil pan, or you're definitely going to be removing the pan anyway, lol.
Your oil pickup tube, slip fits into the oil pump. There aren't any bolts like the steel oil pan pickup tubes have. You have to lower the pan, which drops the pickup tube clear of the oil pump. I did it on my 2019.
Oh I see, so oil pan removal is mandatory on the new engines now.
Whipple blower to be installed.
Its just a pain in the ass to do but it’s not expensive. And if your spending 8 grand on a supercharger. And spending a weekend bolting it on. What’s another $400 bucks and another 6 hours of your time for piece of mind? I’m always baffled to see people do expensive mods then want to cheap out on things like this or a quality fuel system. When adding boost.
Never said a word about it being too expensive. Weird comment.
Didn’t mean you. Just in general. You’ll see a lot of threads asking about do I need OPGs. Or do I really need a return style fuel system to run e85? I picture standmode asking himself that exact same question now. And my answer is always the same. Why spend 20 grand on mods. And then ask do I really need this or that. When OPGs cost 400 bucks or try to get by on one fuel pump?