[blykins]

The metal on the pickup itself doesn't fail....they usually fail around the welds, or if there's a mounting tab on it (in the case of a rear sump pan), they will sometimes fail there. It's not terribly uncommon for the welds to crack.

In a Cobra application where the pans are mostly front sump and the pickups are very short, I would think there would be less of a chance, but certainly not unheard of.