oil tray clearance

[squbti]

Hi, how much clearance should i have from the botom of the oil tray to the ground? I have just putt in the motor & i have around 6cm. I have double checked all the measuremens & everything seems just right , how far down does the oil tray stick out from the botom of the chassis aprox?
apreceate the help.
Samy

[mr henderson]

Hi, how much clearance should i have from the botom of the oil tray to the ground? I have just putt in the motor & i have around 6cm. I have double checked all the measuremens & everything seems just right , how far down does the oil tray stick out from the botom of the chassis aprox?
apreceate the help.
Samy

Just depends where you are driving, you might very well get away with 60mm if you are careful. I would want a bit more personally, 80mm would be a lot better.

[squbti]

Thanks for the reply ,I have the gaz shocks without the 1" tops, how much aprox would that ad to the hight ? I would like to have at least 8cm to the oil tray & maybe 12-13cm to the botom rail, right now I have 95mm to the BR.
Cheers

[mr henderson]

I'm not sure I understand the question, it's not the shocks that add the height, it's winding up the spring platforms.

As a start I would suggest 100mm under the chassis at the front, and maybe 125mm at the rear.

A good guide is the front lower wishbones, whcih are usually designed to work best when they are level in the standing position

[flyerncle]

Try suspension height of 100mm/4 ins under the front chassis rails and rear at 140mm/5 1/2 ins.
Bellhousing lower flange at 25mm below chassis rail.

[Bonzo]

I have jut been out to the workshop to measure mine for you.

Approximately 125mm ground clearance on my build ( More or less at it's final ride height )

Guess any sump alteration you do will be dictated by the bottom of the bell housing on the gearbox ;)

Hope that is of some help to you :)

[HandyAndy]

Try suspension height of 100mm/4 ins under the front chassis rails and rear at 140mm/5 1/2 ins.
Bellhousing lower flange at 25mm below chassis rail.

Thats precisely the measurements I have on my car, the sump is just a little lower (10mm) than the BR, front lower wishbones are level in relation to the ground.

cheers
andy

[flyerncle]

The memory is the last thing to go Andy.:cool:

[squbti]

Thanks for all the help guys, the sump is level with the bottom of the gearbox & I have 95mm from BR to the ground in front but onely 60mm from the bottom of the sump/gearbox to the ground . In the back I have arownd 135-140mm fromBR to the ground. do I need spacers under the motor mounts? I´m sure I have somewhere arownd 25-30mm from BR to the bottom of the sump/gearbox.
Thanks
Samy

[flyerncle]

Raise the front slightly Samy and remember the bonnet has to go on ;)

[squbti]

It´s just that I have the first of 3 tests on the car comming up in one week & I need to sort out theses problems before that if I can I´m trying to keep it as low as posible but I´d like to have some good clearance at the same time .
has anyone needed to have spacers under the motor mounts? Is that something i should try? The way I see it even if I had 100mm in the front i would still have 65-70mm under the sump & gearbox :confused:
Thanks
Samy

[flyerncle]

Try raising it Samy, Do you have speed bumps where you are (traffic calming).

[squbti]

I´ll give it a go tomorrow, we dont have any speed bumps here or not alot anyway but we do have alot of roundabouts & also people can get perments to put out flower beds/boxes in the street to slow down trafic:D :eek: most of the time drivers go faster because they think its fun to zigzag between the boxes, so that shouldnt be a problem with the sump anyway.
cheers
Samy

[flyerncle]

Sounds like fun,good luck.