CageyH Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 The plastic block would merely be sacrificial, and is easier to work than Titanium. It also won't set up an electrolytic action on your sump... Surely the idea would be to set up a sump uard, rather than a skid? In impact on titanium stuck to your sump would hide any potential cracks? Only dead fish go with the flow....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinfourth Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Ah but you are missing the main advantage of titanium http://www.formula1.com/photos/597x478/manual/gallery_image_main_43_7.jpg Autotesting in Scotland tires provided by Skip motorsport services (Well we pull them out of skips) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S47zz Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 80mm has survived on my car, for years of Welsh road Blatting - though I take care when driving over the growing number of Sleeping Piggys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 6speedmanual Its M/S or metal or is that tin 🤔 I took to one of the building site where we had some work going on and the Mechanical contractor had one of his Class One certificated welders do it for me. It not a continuous braze that would have distorted the sump. Any sort of welding would have just cut holes in the sump. Brazing aluminium can be one in air it requires specialist fluxes and rods. Not sure about using a poxy adhesive, in fact I did think about doing that but its not likely to be impact resistant. I also thought about a sump guard but that would make the cooling of the engine bay even worse and the tunnel already gets OTT hot. The current solution has been there for at least 15 years. Edit one thing that does help is the stiff front suspension so it does not nose dive a lot over speed bumps. 'Can you hear me running' ......... OH YES and its music to my ears 😬 😬 😬 1988 200 bhp, 146 ft lbs, 1700cc Cosworth BD? engineered by Roger King, on Weber's with Brooklands and Clamshell wings, Freestyle Motorsport suspension. Edited by - Bilbo on 29 Jun 2008 18:07:18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Plato Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 set your suspension so that the wishbones are level with the ground with the driver in, then see what the sump clearance is, then see if you can raise the engine if the clearance is less than 70mm. The other major factor is the front spring rates, your best bet is to fit 250lb front springs ratehr than the std 150lb jobbies. Then you will be able to run 70mm clearance in all but the most severe of cats eyes / crests / cambers here is C7 TOP Taffia rear gunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7 wonders of the world Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 I run a sump gaurd in a skid fashion from the front lower cruciform to just after the belhousing, since it's gaurding a Pace DS on a K I've offset it to the near side so the oil lines and filter are offered some protection too. Running on CC OE 170lb front springs with 80mm unladen I used to catch the odd cats eye on the A44 in the bottom of a compression, however now with AVO's and 225lbs up front I run 75mm unladen (horizontal wishbones) and no problem Forgot to say running 185/60 x 13's up front Too young to be old ! Edited by - 7 wonders of the world on 2 Jul 2008 16:45:37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rookies Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Hello - been reading the Ground Clearance stuff with interest.Please can I ask a rookies question? We are just about finished building a SV 150 - and I think it needs to be a bit higher off the ground! So - How do I adjust the dampers to achieve that? (they are standard Bilsteins) Any advice welcomed! Thanks Stuart/Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADMALC Posted July 16, 2008 Author Share Posted July 16, 2008 Do your springs sit in a threaded sleeve with two lage rings? These are adjustable platforms. If they do you take the weight off the spring by jacking the body and wind the seating ring up or down having previously unlocked it from the other ring. S7MAD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stationary M25 Traveller Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Hi Rookies - have you seen topics like this one here. You will need a pair of c-spanners (peg spanners) to loosen and lock the two rings together on the Bilstein unit. 7 related photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorAtle Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 With a K, isn't the highest point the cambelt cover? I haven't had one on for years so can't remember, but anyway I'm running 10mm spacers without any clearence issues. Could probably go higher if I wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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