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Thanks for your help GDCobra, Happy New Year! So just to confirm all measurements, the width of pan is 180mm, 25mm at the front, the deep section is 135mm deep x 180mm x 180mm square, there's a single wing of 140mm long x 80mm high x 30mm deep. I'm looking at fitting an oil cooler Overall Size: 330m...

Forgot to say, the sump is 5 & 1/2” deep.

I’ve just managed to measure the sump, it’s 25 to 30mm deep at the front with the main sump being 7” square with an 1” wing on the side.

Thanks guys, looks like I’m a bit short on capacity think I’d better add an oil cooler just to be on the safe side.

Hi guys, I currently have a remote oil filter fitted mocal ( J ) on the engine and the Mocal top entry remote oil filter housing ( RFH4 ) for the filter attachment. I have been recommended in fitting an oil cooler. My question is can I fit a thermostatic oil cooler take off ( Mocal OTSP1X ) to the u...

Here's a question for you mathematicians.

The Rover sd1 3.5 weighs 1915 kg giving a 0 - 60 in 7.1 seconds.

If said engine is transplanted into a car weighing 1065 kg what would the 0 - 60 be?

Hi guys, I've filled my 3.5 engine with 5.5 litres of oil and .5 ltr in the oil filter i've no oil cooler and the oil is is way above the maximum oil line. The dipstick tube length is 200 mm to the top of the block. The blade length is 550 mm that's from the tip to the bottom of the little locating ...

Hi guys the gearbox is a LT77 Serial number 19A111551G.
Hi P yeah Sunday is fine.

Hi guys, an update to the problem. Bled the system and still no change, I then lengthend the push rod by 5mm and joy I can get it in gear without crunching the gears! Then dismay what I thought was reverse turns out to be first gear! So I Believe I can access all the forward gears can't be sure unti...

Hy guys, Ive been used to using cable clutches in my cars so this is the first time I've used a hydraulic clutch. The clutch pedal seem a lot softer than what I'm used to. So usual checks, bleed nipple positioned on the top of the slave cylinder, can't see any more air bubbles. I can select all the ...

Thanks guys for the feed back.

My system is the early flapper type, I'm aiming to convert to megasquirt in the next year or two once i've got this engine run in properly.

Hi guys,

On my dizzy I have a set of digits which I'm curious about.
It reads 35 DM8 5082 41944B ←

Anybody know what these mean.

Hi guys, I have a fuel pressure boost valve fitted and on tick over (800 rpm) I've set the pressure at 36 psi but at 1100 rpm it drops to 34 psi, 2400 rpm 30 psi. It seems that the pressure is dropping about 1 psi for every 300 rpms, so will this mean when I hit 5100 rpm i'll only have 21 psi? Or wi...

Thanks Dave, added the resistor and now its running a lot smoother.

Hi guys, finally got the engine running for the 20 min cam run in. Now trying to set the timing with a strobe light, when i set the timing to 2 degrees btdc the engine runs really rough with the occasional popping. When I turn the distributor back further to what looks like 30 degrees btdc the engin...