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Originally Posted by RichardH
did you come up with a solution for the sump yet? just fitted my engine and i dont like how low the sump is to make the engine clear
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Hmmm, I thought the same and had a 3mm piece of steel bent to be used as a sump guard, it wasn't a great solution and would pickup stones from my drive and actually come into contact with a lot more stuff. So I took it off. I have actually only grounded my sump out in use on those really short carpark speed bumps, the ones you literally have to go over stupid slow, if I come across these I just carefully push the sump over them
, I mainly just avoid them. The sump has never made contact with any road surface during use and some of the roads round here are pretty bad. Obviously you don't want to let a narrow hump in the road go under the middle of your car but then you are acutely aware of the road surface you are on purely due to the nature of the car.
I thought about shortening the sump but I'm not sure it's needed and the gained clearance is minimal due to the gearbox. What I did do though is fit an oil pressure gauge, warning light and buzzer just incase.
My car has a lowered floor too which means I have to be careful anyway as I'll damage the floor of the car even if a shortened sump clears. I think part of the reason it hasn't been a issue for me is because I spent a lot of time figuring out the front suspension setup so I could retain the full steering travel lock to lock of the the escort rack, a side affect of this was fitting 450lb springs at the front so my car doesn't tend to dive at the front under breaking. I've also fitted 300lb springs at the rear which is a little more than the norm.
HTH
Chris