DaveFJ
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| posted on 8/9/03 at 04:25 PM |
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Modded pinto sump - how much?
I've been looking round for a modded pinto sump. best I can find so far is MK's @ £65 - anyone know of a better deal?
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Ian Pearson
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| posted on 8/9/03 at 04:32 PM |
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Chop your own down. It's dead easy and you'll save £65.00.
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eddie
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| posted on 8/9/03 at 06:03 PM |
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if you need to know how check this link out:
http://www.hunshelf.btinternet.co.uk/pbsts.htm
Please feel free in advance to: correct, update, ridicule or laugh and point at any comments made by myself in this post....
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eddie
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| posted on 8/9/03 at 06:04 PM |
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if you need to know how check this link out:
http://www.hunshelf.btinternet.co.uk/pbsts.htm
remember you need your oil pickup modding as well....
Please feel free in advance to: correct, update, ridicule or laugh and point at any comments made by myself in this post....
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 8/9/03 at 06:55 PM |
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problem is i can't weld.... that's why i wanted one pre-done
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 8/9/03 at 09:12 PM |
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Spend the £65 on a second hand welder, sorry £63 on a second hand welder, £2 on a load of scrap steel and give it a try. There is lots of help here on
how to do it, I get about 3 or 4 emails a week about welding problems - I am sure Viper gets the same. It would be the best automotive investment you
will ever make, and would pay for itself on the first job.
Spend £200 on a good new welder or £200 on a full pro second hand welder and there will be no stopping you. Remeber, MIG was invented to remove the
necessity for advanced skills needed to weld during the war.
You will not regret it
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Viper
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| posted on 8/9/03 at 09:15 PM |
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Or get yourself an RS2000 sump, already as shallow as you need to go and alloy too.
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 9/9/03 at 11:33 AM |
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Cheers everyone... some things to consider.. 
saving my pennies for saturday at Donnigton at the mo.....
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timf
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| posted on 9/9/03 at 12:38 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by protofj
problem is i can't weld.... that's why i wanted one pre-done
and your buying a tiger kit 
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timf
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| posted on 9/9/03 at 02:18 PM |
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sorry couldn't resist the previous post.
have a word with a couble of local enginerring companies, if you do the cutting and cleaning up of the sump then you might be pleasantly suprised at
the prices quoted.
Tim
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 9/9/03 at 03:24 PM |
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Tim
Can you recomend any companies in/around Ipswich ?
The Tiger kit is a 'done' decision - although i am beginning to worry a little
However I have someone on standby who will be able to deal with my welding issues then (just not for a few months)
At least it'll be a bit of a challenge
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 9/9/03 at 05:58 PM |
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- although i am beginning to worry a little
Worry a little, I would be having palpatations and cold sweats!!
Viper wants someone to take him out the back and shoot him! If you dont want to make your own chassis see MK or Luego
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bob
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| posted on 9/9/03 at 07:10 PM |
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MK version worth the money if your not confident with the welder.
 
Rescued attachment prop and sump mods.jpg
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 9/9/03 at 08:01 PM |
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...or done another way, the choice is yours
 
Rescued attachment SumpChop.jpg
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Jimbo
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| posted on 9/9/03 at 09:33 PM |
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I actually did the article for the RHOCAR site, which is here.
http://www.rhocar.org.uk/buildtipz/021.shtml
PS. Bob's version will get in the way of the clutch cable, sorry.
[Edited on 9/9/03 by Jimbo]
[Edited on 9/9/03 by Jimbo]
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 9/9/03 at 09:42 PM |
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I read your version before I did my own, I thought yours may inpede the clutch cable so I extended the sump forward instead. I will probable have an
eleven pint capacity now though!
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bob
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| posted on 9/9/03 at 09:53 PM |
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quote:
PS. Bob's version will get in the way of the clutch cable, sorry.
[Edited on 9/9/03 by Jimbo]
[Edited on 9/9/03 by Jimbo]
Jimbo
It fits a treat and clutch cable goes over the top of wing,a lot of people have in the past made that mistake and i've seen one the oher side
that fails the starter motor.
It happens i spose
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Jimbo
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| posted on 9/9/03 at 09:54 PM |
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No it just goes alongside it, I wanted a short sump, and Vulture engineering wanted to relieve me of £140 (they want £160 now) for a modified 2nd hand
one. I gave it a good looking at, said no thanks! then did my own. I then got pushed to do the article for the web site, and since then, I think most
hoodies have either done their own or done it up to the welding stage then got someone who can weld to do it. They've been tig'd,
mig'd, brazed, gas welded, just about every way possible!
Expect to pay around £20 for the local welding specialist to do it.
Fair enough Bob, if it works, that's all you want. I think that either are better than the RS sump, that's still slightly deeper, and if
you give it a smack, it will crack, ours will probably just deform a bit.
I've jacked the engine up under it.
[Edited on 9/9/03 by Jimbo]
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bob
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| posted on 9/9/03 at 10:14 PM |
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Jimbo
Yep ive seen a couple of yours on hoods at shows,they are nice and i was going to send a sump up to get altered.
but i managed to get a deal on more bits from MK so i had all eggs in one basket as they say.
And yes rs2000 sumps arnt that clever,i was given one a couple of years back with a crack in it as it had grounded so not failsafe.
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timf
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| posted on 10/9/03 at 08:02 AM |
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try h.f. bond at betts ave martlesham heath
ask to speak to darren or will
tell them tim fiddy sent you.
if you need some dimensions i've got an rs2000 sump i can take some measurements from that war you want.
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