Billet 20B Front Cover & Sump Plate

[FD3UK]

Work is dead at the moment, so I have been making some billet parts to allow 20B to fit in RX7 without changing sub. The engine remains behind steering rack and by using RX8 gearbox which is 100mm shorter, gear lever is in the same position. Still have to make some engine mounts and some tweaking of the transmission tunnel may be required to clear clutch lever. The changes mean oil pump will not fit, so this will need to external now.

[mx1311]

very nice kev keep the progress coming


colum

[BlitzBoy]

Brilliant!
So are you dry sumping Kev?

[mattfduk]

i could be interested in this kev could you e-mail me some more info to matt.wiltshire @ peugeotmail.co.uk

[Jono FD3]

not got a clue what I\'m looking at here, but it all looks shiny & rather cool

Jono

[skybusr34]

not got a clue what I\'m looking at here, but it all looks shiny & rather cool

Jono

lmao  good answer and thats +1

[FD3UK]

So are you dry sumping Kev?

Yes, that is the idea, but I could mount sump underneath and just run external oil pump without scavenging ports.

i could be interested in this kev could you e-mail me some more info

This still in the early days yet (plenty to go wrong). I have sent you a PM on FDUK with my day time phone number if you want to chat about it.

[shaunwil]

Looks awesome

PM sent about something else :Giggle

Shaun

[antnicuk]

you really do have access to some good toys!  that is a very nice bit of machining.    Just out of interest,  did you \'need\' to do it or did you just want to?,  i cant see the difference between the original in relation to fitting.

[shaunwil]

Won\'t it mean there isn\'t a sump in the way of the engine mountings ??

Shaun

[antnicuk]

you can loose the sump without replacing the front cover?

[rx jamie]

20b pp nice. have you totally removed your exhaust inserts?

you have skills mate! nice machining

[FD3UK]

you really do have access to some good toys! that is a very nice bit of machining. Just out of interest, did you \'need\' to do it or did you just want to?, i cant see the difference between the original in relation to fitting.

Without the oil pump to house, billet front cover is 40mm shorter. Which is the difference between engine being behind or on top of steering rack.

20b pp nice. have you totally removed your exhaust inserts?

I have removed the 20B inserts and have some FD ones yet to fit.

[Swanny_UK]

That looks very cool - nice one!

[jm-garage.co.uk]

Very nice indeed.