Is there a shoterned subaru sump thats cast? i.e. not a standard one chopped and welded up that looks hack.

Yes ratbug has a nice alloy one .
send him a pm .he may have pics??

Out of Germany, I have one, got it while in the UK Though quite pricey... quality seems good, but I have not tested.

http://www.bugat5speed.de/cms/content/view/30/53/lang,en/ 

Send him a email, speaks english. You can Babe Fish that web site to.

custom vee dub only have a modified stock one for $600 bucks!

boof2332 made me one for a lot less than that. send him a pm. He's in Sydney.

Better still I'll send you his mobile.

Pete

Here's by bug@5speed one.









Think that will do for pics... Last one is jacking the car up with the jack under the sump.

What you also can't see , is that the aluminium ones don't have a windage tray fitted i believe (although i may be wrong on this ) which is a nessasery component of any sum if it is to be used in a competition car or subjected to steep angles offroad .
As for the price of our item , i invite you to tell us how long it takes your apprentice to make one and then add in overheads etc and you will quickley find out we are not making the big money everybody seems to think you make out of a VW based shop.

I charge $100 an hour for fabrication (workshop costs eat about $50/hour)
Theres $50 worth of steel and laser cutting in that. Considering that design uses the original top 2/3rds, it's not rocket science.
There's not 5.5 hours of labour in the first one and certainly less in any after that.
We've just had a custom sump made for a commodore v6 in a rock buggy, baffled and windage tray fitted. all from scratch, ( i.e not a chopped off original) extra heavy base, 5 day turnaround, $450 in bare metal. Guaranteed leak free.


But thats not the point, I 'm trying to avoid a modified original or a fabricated sheet metal one.

No worries buddy , if you do end up fabricating a sump from scratch as opposed to an Ally one i will be more than happy to inspect it and possibly buy a few from you as it would save all of us the hassel of the exchange problem.
Keep us posted .

Thanks Andrew

If you're after a cast one, get the bug@5speed one mail order from Germany. It takes a couple of weeks to get here via DHL and it's at your door. The quality of the sump is 100% and yes it has baffles welded into it. If you think you need a windage tray (maybe you're planning on having the thing at 45 degrees angle all day) then tig one into it.

For my money this cast one is 450000% better looking and finished than any chopped up and rewelded original one.

Tell us how much it cost now. Coz I know it makes any of the other options look cheap.

yes it looks cool but there is no way i'll be running a big hp motor with a sump which has lost 30~40% of its capacity, there has to be a better option.

Stephen

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Originally posted by ttriebler If you're after a cast one, get the bug@5speed one mail order from Germany. It takes a couple of weeks to get here via DHL and it's at your door. The quality of the sump is 100% and yes it has baffles welded into it. If you think you need a windage tray (maybe you're planning on having the thing at 45 degrees angle all day) then tig one into it. For my money this cast one is 450000% better looking and finished than any chopped up and rewelded original one.

It holds 4.25 litres I just read it on his website

oh and yeah I looked at the BugA5Speed sump but landed it was a lot closser to $1000 than $600 and had a few issues with clearance, oil pickup and supply......

340 Euro included postage to Australia.

I guess the aussie dollar is looking good at the mo.

Hi

No import duty under $1000.00, are you sure that is the price including freight?

In a rear engined car we are all running the oil system back to front, so there is going to be a compromise that may end in tears or some trophies for the garage wall.

Has anyone ever used an Accusump? I know that Geoff from Hellbug used one on his hillclimb car, he may also have one on the Notch as well.

Steve

I need a shortened sump, have been looking for one for about a year now with no luck, looks like im about to shell out $550 for a off road one, (dam!!)

Boof doesn't want to make one for me, he was supposed to give me the number for a shop that makes the top section (CNC) which I could then weld custom sides and bottom onto, any one got that number??

Any way I got $400 for anyone that can knock one up for me that will be suited for drag racing. I can supply 2x stock sumps for you to play around with.

cheers

Davo

0401 253 988

$551 AU for that work of Euro Art, compared to $550 for a strange lookin apprentice machanic custom off road unit.

Come on Brad time to lower your prices mate.

Hey MickH

Ill buy one, see if he can do a better price for 2 or 3, im sure some one else will want one

I might even ask the WRX forums if they are interested.

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Already before approx. 10 years it was clear for us that the evolution of the WBX engine could be actually only OHC or the DOHC double-piston engine of the Japanese manufacturer Subaru. After 100.000 km with a Legacy, even driven, one at that time already wished oneself this everyday life-suited and matured engine into the own 1303.






At that time before the change it back-frightened that there were still too few specialists for things such as expanders and adapted wiring harnesses. Fortunately there is further idealists, which recognized that the Subaru boxer reliably 100mal better the beetle fits, than any row engine (even if it originates from the house VOLKSWAGEN). It formed its own small scene, which concerns itself with the production of special parts and the installation of these engines. Since with all changes seen so far deep, optically extremely unattractive, or shortened oil pan had held from the installation of a “Subaru”, one took forwards for remedy to provide itself. Due to earlier model construction amateur driving and other cast parts a 2-piece oil pan from aluminum casting developed.

This tub is 5 cm flatter than the original and permits oil contents of 4,25 litres. Most shortened oil pans are about 3,5 litres of volume. The tub has cooling fins on the lower surface, those the engine also from downside revaluations. The main use of the ribs is however the substantially reduced heat development in the engine. Tests at a turbo engine with plentifully HP, built into 1303 brought the result that the water temperature sank at first attempt by 10 degrees. Inside 2 bulkheads are trained, which prevent a way sloshing of the oil in fast driven curves. The cultivation is absolutely problem-free, since all drillings of the original were taken over. The original dipstick can be re-used. Shortening the original oil sucking in pipe is not large history and can by us be taken over if necessary. The oil drain plug of the Subaru can be used.


4.25 litres of oil amount of filling
12 cm overall height
reduced heat development
Bulkheads
easy assembly
optical revaluation