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Pinto question ? (with some big'ish pics - sorry)
mcerd1 - 31/10/08 at 08:52 PM

Has anyone bothered with one of these things ? (can't remember what they are called)

and if so have you had any issues getting the sump to seal over it ?







cheers
-Robert

[Edited on 31/10/08 by mcerd1]

mookaloid - 31/10/08 at 09:10 PM

There wasn't one of those in my pinto - is it a cosworth thing to help control the oil splashing?

mcerd1 - 31/10/08 at 09:17 PM

yes but not cosworth - they use them on the stock car pinto's aparently.....

[Edited on 31/10/08 by mcerd1]

RichardK - 31/10/08 at 09:19 PM

Nah, not one on mine either, must be a cosworth thing...

Cheers

Rich

mookaloid - 31/10/08 at 09:27 PM

I guess it's because stock cars only have to turn right and it stops the oil sloshing up the left of the block too much?

So don't need it for a road car.......

jacko - 31/10/08 at 09:28 PM

Look at the oil pump that gives it away

mcerd1 - 31/10/08 at 09:35 PM

quote:
Originally posted by jacko
Look at the oil pump that gives it away


no, thats my Pinto (don't ask)

[Edited on 31/10/08 by mcerd1]

nick205 - 31/10/08 at 09:36 PM

quote:
Originally posted by jacko
Look at the oil pump that gives it away


Would that be a YB Cossie oil pump with spray tubes to feed the undersides of the pistons then?

Or is it part of a dry sump set up?

mcerd1 - 31/10/08 at 09:42 PM

quote:
Originally posted by nick205
Would that be a YB Cossie oil pump with spray tubes to feed the undersides of the pistons then?

yeah thats it, standard for the 2wd cossies (205 blocks)
the 4x4's have different spray jets instead

std pinto rods have the jet on the side of the rod (fed by the big end) but cossie rods don't (to make them stronger I assume) so they need somethin else

delboy - 31/10/08 at 10:57 PM

Definately not part of a standard pinto engine, and not something I've ever seen in any stock car engine or used in my stock car. Some saloon drivers and engine builders do put a baffle in the sump, but I haven't ever done so and there have been no oil starvation problems without one.

redscamp - 31/10/08 at 11:07 PM

oil scrapper
to stop oil wrapping round crankshaft