Can the sump be shortened in height at all and will the engine cope ok.
Can the sump be shortened in height at all and will the engine cope ok.
I said a 10 second car not a 10 minute car
Why would you what you reduce your oil capacity?
There is a dry sump kit for the 5 pot, but, it ain't cheap!
Im converting to rwd and i think im gonna run into subframe issues i hope i dont have to chop the sump up.
I said a 10 second car not a 10 minute car
I have seen pictures of people shortening the sumps, on other engines.
As long as the oil pick stays in oil all the time, I can't see why it shouldn't hurt
Anyone ever built a dry sump?
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I would think that you'll have to weld some wings on, so that you can keep the capacity.
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T4Rick (Wednesday 22nd February 2012)
Good idea, forgot about that
Look like this
http://www.sbdev.co.uk/Info_sheets/O...dification.htm
If there was less oil capacity in the sump would it damage the engine
I said a 10 second car not a 10 minute car
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Don't drop the capacity. As above fit some sort of extra capacity. The sump has baffles that will be a nightmare to alter when adding wings so dry sump and accumulator may be the best method.
Why not put a big oil cooler on as will increase capacity and you could always look at making a dry sump system.
If you wish to 'shorten' it as you put it, then DONT even touch the lower pan. Insteadabout an inch below the mounting face cut it all the way round, you then do it again to the remainder of the sump removing the depth neede and then weld the mateing face bit back on. Thus every thing is the same except overall height.
HOWEVER.................................THAT wont be your biggest problem!! What will be wil be the fact that you will need a sump with a REAR lower drain pan and accompanying filter/pipework. Pies can be made to fit relatively easy and it might be easier to pinch the lot of a rear engined car and do the bit I said about cutting the mounting face but just weld it onto the RWD sump.
T4Rick (Thursday 23rd February 2012)
Ive not got it sat in yet ive only just removed the t5 engine today.I do think i can keep some of the sump so it will be like an L shape and maybe i put the baffle lower down in to it
I said a 10 second car not a 10 minute car
This is something I need to look into. I will be using a 960 sump, and Im fairly sure I'll need to alter the pan to avoid the subframe/ARB.
I was thinking of possibly shortening the pan (front to back) but making it wider to keep the capacity up and maybe also to fit a pressure accumulator (if thats the right thing) just to be on the safe side.
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