cjwood23
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| posted on 18/11/11 at 04:38 PM |
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MX5 sump clearance - any issues?
Guys,
Still looking at the MX5 option for the Vortx.
Having looked at a couple of Westfield MX5's there seemed to be a clearance issue with the sump being quite low.
Is this just a westy issue or will I need to think about getting a modded sump?
Cheers
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Chris
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Bare
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| posted on 18/11/11 at 04:53 PM |
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Ohh yess.. Otherwise it's only a question of when.... it gets holed.
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dave
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| posted on 18/11/11 at 05:18 PM |
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It defo needs chopped. I made the mistake of fitting the engine then realising it needed chopped. Dont make the mistake i made either you cant remove
the sump while the engine is attached to the gearbox 
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BazzaMonty
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| posted on 18/11/11 at 06:36 PM |
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I am building a MNR Vortx MX5 and this is the first i have heard of this issue. The one on the MNR demo car was not chopped when i looked at it
either. A couple of guys on here have built them and now on the road so maybe they can enlighten us.
Baz
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BigLee
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| posted on 18/11/11 at 06:57 PM |
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Coming from someone who has built, IVA'd, and driven a Vortx Mazda, I can confirm there is no issue what so ever. I've just taken a photo
but can't upload fom my iPad, so will fire up the laptop later and post a pick for all to see.
Lee
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first350
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| posted on 21/11/11 at 03:50 PM |
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No issues with the sump on mine ('99 miata 1.8L)…it's flush with the chassis and I didn't have to raise the engine; there's
very tight clearances from the top of the engine to the bonnet, but that seems on par for all of the lotus 7 replicas.
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ash_hammond
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| posted on 21/11/11 at 05:09 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by BigLee
Coming from someone who has built, IVA'd, and driven a Vortx Mazda, I can confirm there is no issue what so ever. I've just taken a photo
but can't upload fom my iPad, so will fire up the laptop later and post a pick for all to see.
Lee
I'll be interested in that Lee 
.: www.mac1motorsports.co.uk | www.m1moc.com :.
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Fencewrecker
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| posted on 21/11/11 at 09:03 PM |
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Hi,
I built the first MNR MX5 1.8 and have had no issues in 2000 miles, The engine in mine is not too close to the bonnet and the sump is barely visible
below the chassis. In fact its the chassis crossmember under the gearbox thats the lowest point and I have only grounded that going over the curb onto
my drive to fast.
So I can promise you that its not an issue.
Hope this helps
Dave
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BigLee
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| posted on 21/11/11 at 10:03 PM |
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Description
Hope this helps. The torch does highlight the sump, but it is flush with chassis.
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mookaloid
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| posted on 22/11/11 at 04:06 PM |
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How far below the chassis rails does the sump hang? it looks like about 20mm or so which I would think would be ok
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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BigLee
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| posted on 22/11/11 at 04:41 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
How far below the chassis rails does the sump hang? it looks like about 20mm or so which I would think would be ok
It's about 8mm at most. If you do manage to hit that on something, then I'd lift your arse out of the seat cos its gonna hurt! 
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cjwood23
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| posted on 25/11/11 at 09:43 AM |
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Cheers chaps!
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Chris
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