Wrightpayne Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Pondering putting my car back to road spec as I no longer do track days and erring towards touring.I have a caterham supplied external tank dry sump system and wonder what it is worth?It would be a complete working system except the coolant submarine and bottom hose. So gold pump, pulley, sump pan, tank, engine mount, footwell end plate, pump cradle, hoses, bolts, support plates, tensioner etc. Its done about 4000 miles in total and prob 5 years old - couple of days at cadwell and 4 or 5 test days at Curborough and road miles. Oil changes every year at < 1000 miles.This is a unique opportunity to obtain a no longer available kit. The sump pan, gold pump and easyclean tank alone are currently over £2400 from caterham. Can be seen working on the car.What do we think its worth? Is it worth more splitting it up?Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7 wonders of the world Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Best place for this is on your car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Lots and Lots of £££s.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 I bought one off FB from the Caterham group 2 years ago for £1200 for the complete kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickh7 Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 I’d keep it on the car, the state of the roads and the risk to your wet sump I’d stick with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative Golf Juliet Tango Posted January 16, 2019 Area Representative Share Posted January 16, 2019 NickAfter seeing that I may have to find spare to keep in stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrightpayne Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 New sumps available from Caterham.I’m planning on trying out the 70 series tyres for extra ground clearance.Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECR Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 For the reassurance of others, a decent welder would repair Nick's sump very easily ...... I have had far worse than that rescued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickh7 Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 That was the 2nd bit hit and my local alloy welder ( he deals with classics) said it was just to badly damaged structural to touch . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECR Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 My ex F1 fabricator repaired my sump after a rod and bits of piston had passed through it. The sump isn't stressed at all it just needs to be leak free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Englishmaninwales Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 +1 on getting it repaired. My spare K dry sump was far worse. The main thing was I had all of the fragments. The cost was around £100 for the welding and a further few quid to have it re-faced. Required quite a bit of fettling of excess weld around the repair to get it to fit, but shouldn’t be a problem with a wet sump, with more clearance on the inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now