Gtr Circuit Sump

[fatz]

righto i need a bigger sump for my track gtr

ive checked out unclue duncans. seems ok

any recomendations people????

current plan is custome something to my spec but if there is an off the shelf extchange job im willing to consider it

[Swiper the Fox]

can do you a 9 litre jobbie...pm if your interested.

[Beer Baron]

trust one is not too bad value for money. just need to cut your sump and weld it on. comes with new pick-up too. they are simple but work well. just try not to smash it on a ripple strip!

[Swiper the Fox]

just try not to smash it on a ripple strip!

lol...thats like saying to him "pete there is a fridge full of cold beer but don't drink any of it"

[bnr#@]

I like my trust sump, still in one piece after numerous track days and "off's"

Its not really that low... its about in line with the front sub frame

[fatz]

yea i cut coners on the track like a cheating mofo

it will probably take a hit or two

[sav man]

is this the same car you will be tuggering? if so you will have to baffle the factory sump...if not, stop pussing about and dry sump it

[Travis Trayhern]

yeh i have to say the trust sumps are abit to low for my liking just fittet one on mine and i am getting a bash plate made up for it as i cant see it lasting to long at all.

[Beer Baron]

that pic angle makes it look far worse than it is. judging by that pic it looks like the front diff is below the subframe!

they looks worse than they are in reality. I know of lots on circuit cars and can only think of one I know of that took a hit and was broken. and I know of a couple factory sumps that have been smashed so in that case you never know if a different sump would have survived the hit or not.

[fatz]

mmm dry sump

i must say for the time being that 8k would be better of getting it ready for the track

plan is tugger but not for a few years track work in sydney first

[Swiper the Fox]

our external oil pump kits are being CNC'd at the moment too...they will be nice. Teamed with the sump is the ultimate 'wet' set-up.

[Duncan]

lol was that me that hit the trust sump richard? i pulled the sump plug out and cracked the case. all welded back up fine now.

any decent size sump is going to hand below the cross member.

ben we took std sumps down to tugga, but I don't understand why they dont allow sump extensions....its one of the few mods allowed in prod racing up here and fair enough as it is reliability only not performance

[9krpm]

I have a trust sump extension as well.

Although it is a bit low, it's the depth and the pick up extension that make it effective. Most track cars in Japan use them and have proved that it is a reliable unit.

If the sump is too close to the ground then may be your r32 is too low...unless you have modified your suspension mounting points.

Edited August 17, 2009 by 9krpm

[DCIEVE]

We added wings but kept the factory depth on mine so it's level with the x-member.... I haven't hit the track with slicks yet, do you guys think the depth is likely to be a problem? Holds somewhere between 7 and 8 litres from memory with one of the jap baffle kits.

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our external oil pump kits are being CNC'd at the moment too...they will be nice. Teamed with the sump is the ultimate 'wet' set-up.

This will be good, where are you putting the pump and when will the kits be available? (no a/c or p/s to worry about). Hopefully I dont need a vipec to run it

[fatz]

yea looks like ive sorted somethng with duncan

which will leave my stock sump for tugga

[Beer Baron]

well wings are ok, but they just give more room for the oil to move away from the pick-up. but with the right type of 1 way trap doors etc they can be made to work pretty well. some people do fall down though by just making sump bigger (wider) and thinking that will help). what you need is that narrow depth like the trust one to keep the oil around the pick-up, but of course you sacrifice clearance for it. ideally you would have a 2 foot long box section off the bottom of the sump that was only 10cm X 10cm with a hose running to the bottom of it as a pick-up! no oil surge ever but you would need to mount the engine about half way up the windscreen height..... could be a problem.

and yes it was yours I was thinking of dundan. just didn't want to name names..

at least it was easily fixed.

[ming spec]

does anyone know if the factory front diffusers on a r34 gtr still fits with the trust sump extension in place. i would assume it would be very close or a nice square would need to be cut out.

any one got personal experience??

[Beer Baron]

I don't think any factory front undertray covers the sump. they mostly stop just before it.

[fatz]

im excited now

the barron has hooked me up some stuff that should make it fun to drive

probablu make a track car build up thread soon

[Beer Baron]

how does the beaded seat cover you ordered make it fun to drive? I guess when you go into turn 1 a bit too quick and clench hard you might 'accidentally' suck one up the jacksie! nasty.

I have to say apart from that I am a bit excited to see fatz back in a GTR on the track. it's been a long time mate. plus you can actually drive half as good as you talk smack. should give a few people a fright...

how long since you first had your old GTR? must be 5 years now? bit more even?