Low oil pan for Pinto??

[spud69]

Originally Posted by AshG

i sliced nearly 45mm off mine. its 35mm to the same height as the bell housing. i went the extra 10mm as scraping the sump on a speed hump has different results to scraping the the bell housing

Most speed bumps are fine, its just the short ones where your front wheels have gone over before your rears lift up. Even with the sump fully shortened your chassis will still hit some of these. I would consider leaving the sump as low as you dare, maybe 25mm below chassis, and fitting a sump guard to protect the sump from stones and gravel as you are blasting round the country lanes......

The most crucial thing is to fit a separate oil pressure gauge, easy to fit and mainly for peace of mind, just so that you know that the engine is getting a good supply of oil. Not fitted on the sierra dash and once the oil light comes on its certainly too late.

AndyH

[Janne E]

Anyone who know the height of Burtons sump pan??
I called them but they had problem to understand what I mean.
My English is not the best!!
Probably I will cut the original sump for about 35-40mm, it should be nice with some buffles inside.
Anyone who had pictures on a buffled sump??

Thank for the help Janne

[frankie boy]

hi
You will not need to baffile the pinto sump. The pick-up will still be in the main oil pan. Im on my 3rd pinto sump as i have had some runins with rocks a speed humps.

[RAYLEE29]

Dont cut too much off or youll have probs with the pick up pipe
ive used a transit sump and a modded 2wd cosworth pick up pipe
also made a horizontal baffle and welded in
heres some pics (Had to resize them)
my sump is 135mm tall

[RAYLEE29]

another pic

[Bonzo]

You have done some nice work there Ray

Makes my CVH sump chop look quite agricultural

[Trophy Blue]

Mine was done about 4 years before the haynes book came out, a full pdf guide, but very similar

Foiled by tiny attachment limits

try this

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