Thanks for the advice guys.
It wasnt a lump in the road and its not that low. 40mm if that.
Was a B road. Doing about 45mph, minding my own business, dead straight piece of road, bit muddy hence the speed, and I thought I noticed a slight crest.... Next thing Im on it and theres abig ass dipp the other side. Bit pieved as there were no signs at all and theres alot of road damage from obviously more than a few cars bottoming out.
Its quite a common thing Im finding with the B roads in the cotswolds...amazing B roads but littered with nasty humps/dips.
Got no issues with oil temps at the moment, have a mocal oil cooler to fit and these engines are usually wrapped up in sound proofing.
And Im not wrap the sump...just create a half undertray as it were. Plus I will likely stick a few air holes in the front anyhow
What thickness ally and tin guards do you use? Is the tin guard not much heavier?
It wasnt a lump in the road and its not that low. 40mm if that.
Was a B road. Doing about 45mph, minding my own business, dead straight piece of road, bit muddy hence the speed, and I thought I noticed a slight crest.... Next thing Im on it and theres abig ass dipp the other side. Bit pieved as there were no signs at all and theres alot of road damage from obviously more than a few cars bottoming out.
Its quite a common thing Im finding with the B roads in the cotswolds...amazing B roads but littered with nasty humps/dips.
(28-08-2014, 06:07 AM)allanallen Wrote: You've taken that out of context buddy, ally sumps cool the oil much better, that's obvious! I mean covering the sump with a sump gaurd will make it run hotter and it'll be more noticeable if you've got an ally sump rather than a tin one. The loss of airflow around an ally sump will lose it a lot of it's cooling capability, it won't affect a tin sump as much as they're a much poorer conductor with less surface anyway.
I've run tin and ally sumps on my sump guarded rally car so this is from experience and not just a theory. I now run a tin sump with a huge oil cooler, I prefer the Tin sump as if I had a huge hit under the car the sump guard could smash an ally sump but would probably only dent a tin one. Plus the thinner tin sumps give more ground clearance anyway
Got no issues with oil temps at the moment, have a mocal oil cooler to fit and these engines are usually wrapped up in sound proofing.
And Im not wrap the sump...just create a half undertray as it were. Plus I will likely stick a few air holes in the front anyhow
What thickness ally and tin guards do you use? Is the tin guard not much heavier?
Wishes for more power...