Sump Guards

Post Fri Sep 07, 2007 5:47 pm

Let me know prices as if you get one thats a good fit I will be able to have a batch fabricated in steel or alluminium cheers

Post Fri Sep 07, 2007 7:15 pm

dont care i need one formy track 318is incase i spin off info on here needed come on

Post Fri Sep 07, 2007 8:58 pm

Will take time once have the sample so cant promise times etc

Post Sun Sep 16, 2007 6:32 pm

ok mate

Post Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:47 pm

Any news on this???

Post Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:32 pm

Anyone have a sample

Post Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:40 pm

????????

Post Mon Jan 07, 2008 12:33 pm

How far did this go? I really need a sump guard

Post Mon Jan 07, 2008 1:45 pm

noone offered a sample..

Post Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:18 pm

shit - so we needed a sample to make the pattern up then?

Post Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:33 pm

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

Post Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:42 pm

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

Post Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:30 am

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

Post Tue Mar 04, 2008 8:12 am

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

Have you tried these guys for an indicative price for the plate?

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.

Post Tue Mar 04, 2008 8:30 am

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????

Post Tue Mar 04, 2008 8:31 am

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Post Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:02 am

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????

do you know if anything came of it ?

Post Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:19 pm

hennared323i wrote: Have you tried these guys for an indicative price for the plate?

http://www.westcut-engineering.co.uk/hy ... _pressing/

No as I think it wont lead anywhere unless someone has a couple of bags to invest.....

Feel free to use the pics though

Post Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:06 am

I'll point Nigel in this direction

Post Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:19 pm

i have ordered a sump gaurd from bmw and i am gonna take it to a fabrication place and get them to make some nice cheap copies !

hth everyone !

Post Wed Mar 05, 2008 4:48 pm

the BMW ones wiegh an absolute tonne

Post Wed Mar 05, 2008 4:54 pm

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 !

Post Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:27 pm

Arron...let me take a look if you want...and give a quote to fab it for you

Cheers

Post Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:31 pm

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 .

Post Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:12 pm

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

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

Looking back at the thread it seems most of the "dribble" (drivel?) seems to be coming from YOU!

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!!!