Sump

I received a package from Raceline in the UK, which had my new low profile wet sump kit and a horizontal facing oil filter housing. This allowed me to finish the motor off in preparation for attaching the clutch and gearbox and then installing the car. First job was to flip the motor over and remove the factory sump and oil filter housing. This exposed the bottom end of the engine, and as expected it was very clean given its only just over 1 year old. Next job was to remove the factory oil pickup. Once this was done, I cleaned off the existing gasket on the mating surfaces to get it ready for the new sump.

With the motor now ready, I turned to assembling the new sump. This is a relatively easy task. First you mount a block to pickup the inlet to the existing oil pump. Then you add the oil pickup pipe into the tray and connect to the oil pump pickup tray. Then you assemble the windage tray which sits above the baffles. Finally you fit a thimble gasket to the block that connects the block in the sump to the existing oil filter. From here its a dry fit, then apply the gasket and refit the new sump and torque it down. Easy job and taking your time no more than 1 hour. Last jobs were to add the sump plug, finger filter and plug and a new dipstick, before flipping the motor the right way up to marvel at my new ground clearance.

 

Lastly I fitted a new gasket and the horizontal oil filter housing low on the intake side of the block. This has an M12x1.5 threaded takeoff for the electrical oil pressure gauge. This will need an adapter as I have gone with VDO gauges, and their senders all use 1/8" 27NPT fittings. As always I have photos of every step, so if you are interested in seeing more drop me a comment.