Sump Guards
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i find it hard to belive someone does not have the know how to knock one of these up here is guys on here who make twin turbo E30 but no one can make sump gaurd i only want one incase i come off on track and there is a rock or something hidden in there
cabrio come on get ya welder out matey
cabrio come on get ya welder out matey
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DanThe
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As already stated, the type of guard I have requires special tooling as they are a pressed piece, if your guard doesn't have the 'corrugations' like mine then you will not have the strength. Unless you up the material to say 5mm and then reinforce from the top side, but then its going to weigh over 20kg and will quite literally outweigh the benefits
What if you just made up one like Ste's but not with flat bars with a slight corrugate.
I was thinking a few lenghts of thin angle iron with the corner facing downwards. Then some flat bars welded along across the top. with the same type of mounting and front reinforing bar as this one.
I might try draw a pic tomore of what I'm rambling on about, lol
I was thinking a few lenghts of thin angle iron with the corner facing downwards. Then some flat bars welded along across the top. with the same type of mounting and front reinforing bar as this one.
I might try draw a pic tomore of what I'm rambling on about, lol
M42 rightness above 6500rpm, nobody can hear you scream
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hennared323i
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Have you tried these guys for an indicative price for the plate?DanThe wrote:As already stated, the type of guard I have requires special tooling as they are a pressed piece, if your guard doesn't have the 'corrugations' like mine then you will not have the strength. Unless you up the material to say 5mm and then reinforce from the top side, but then its going to weigh over 20kg and will quite literally outweigh the benefits
http://www.westcut-engineering.co.uk/hy ... _pressing/
The U tube and chassis brackets should be relatively easy to get fabbed up.
An alternative is could be to use 5/6mm dural with a single bend at the front bolted onto localised strengthening on the u tube.
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do you know if anything came of it ?JimmyC wrote:I emailed someone on here the email address of the guy who made the PBMW ones to see if he was interested in selling a batch on here too????
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DanThe
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No as I think it wont lead anywhere unless someone has a couple of bags to invest.....hennared323i wrote: Have you tried these guys for an indicative price for the plate?
http://www.westcut-engineering.co.uk/hy ... _pressing/
Feel free to use the pics though
thats why i said i am gonna get a copy made of lighter stonger material 
also i can not see all thiose bars are needed i may change the desighn to a single piece of ally with holes in , i will be poping up to see nigel once the sump gaurd has been delivered to me !
also i can not see all thiose bars are needed i may change the desighn to a single piece of ally with holes in , i will be poping up to see nigel once the sump gaurd has been delivered to me !yeh i will i just ordered one because no one else was gonna do anything and could not look at 5 pages of dribble about maybes and well i might bull any more so i just took the hit and ordered one
from germany though so may take a while .
when i get it mate ill let you have a look for sue was thinking we could change the bars for a lighter sheet with holes in for air .
from germany though so may take a while .
when i get it mate ill let you have a look for sue was thinking we could change the bars for a lighter sheet with holes in for air .
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agreen wrote:i am gonna take it to a fabrication place and get them to make some nice cheap copies !
agreen wrote:thats why i said i am gonna get a copy made of lighter stonger material
Looking back at the thread it seems most of the "dribble" (drivel?) seems to be coming from YOU!agreen wrote:i just ordered one because no one else was gonna do anything and could not look at 5 pages of dribble about maybes and well i might bull any more
The thread didnt get anywhere due to reasons explained MORE THAN ONCE
It pisses me off how a thread starts off well and gathers some really useful information only to be messed up by carlsberg swilling illiterate idiots like yourself with nothing better to do than whinge and moan about anything and everything.
If you dont like looking at pages and pages of your own crap then dont f*cking post it up as I can assure you, YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!!