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Let's Face It; Oil Surge
Is A Total Pain In The Ass! But Don’t Despair There Is A
Fix.
And It's not that difficult
to cure, but there are certain things you must know about
and we will show you what the simple design tricks
are... and how you can save BIG bucks by building your
own baffle system.
It is a known
fact that nearly all Ford/Lotus twin cam
engines fitted to the classic Lotus elan & +2 elan,
Lotus Cortina, Twin Cam Escort, Lotus Europa, etc, suffer
from oil surge and the inevitable oil pressure
loss during high speed competition events or fast road
driving. Most driver's simply "back off" and wait a few
seconds while the engine regains oil pressure.
But why put up with an engine that does not
have a well designed oil control sump baffle system
installed?... oil pressure loss could lead to
serious engine bearing failure and
some unwanted cylinder block "ventilation" when you
least expect it!
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Oil is the lifeblood
for your engine's survival.
The crankshaft, main bearings and
conrod bearings cannot survive without a
constant pressurised film of oil between them. In the
instant that oil flow is interrupted, metal-to-metal contact will
occur which could potentialy destroy the crankshaft &
engine bearings.
If you run an expensive engine,
you certainly don't want to risk your valuable investment to
an inferior
oil baffle system... many OEM engine sumps
are a compromise between economical production solutions and a
just "OK method" of oil control.
Just OK oil
control is simply not good enough... your
engine deserves better
than that.
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Lets take a Look at
the picture below, the early & later twin cam sump baffle
layouts are totally ineffective, a poor baffle design will not
provide proper oil control within the sump!
Hardly what you would
call an effective oil control method!
The diagram
below illustrates what happens to the oil in the sump under
hard cornering.
 If the
pump is not drawing oil, the pressure will drop and the bearings will be
quickly starved of vital lubrication, the first indication of trouble
will be a metallic rattle from within the engine... if the rattle
stops, you are lucky... but the engine may have only
been a split second away from a major blow up! But what
about the next time?
So, what are the options you
may ask?
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Install an
expensive Dry Sump System. (Not an ideal
option for a normal road going elan)
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Purchase a commercially
available modified sump: The cost... $600.00 to
$700.00US. (Also an unnecessarily expensive option for
most elan owners).
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Build Your Own Gated Baffled
Sump! If you want to protect your TC engine, and
you enjoy fabricating things for your lotus, then we can show
& guide you how to build your own
super reliable sump baffle
system?
Difficult?... No,
It's Not.
To build a
simple, yet highly effective sump baffle system requires just a few
hours of work, plus about $20.00 worth of sheet metal
& small components.
Hard to believe
isn't it?... well, it's true.... because we've recently built
this sump baffle system for our ford /lotus twin cam
engine, and it work's brilliantly.
Now, we would
like to show you how to fabricate &
install this highly
effective sump baffle design into your twin cam
engine, anyone with good basic skills & knowledge plus a
reasonable workshop can fabricate and work
with sheet metal, it is possible to build projects that would
otherwise cost you a lot of money, it is about working smarter,
this highly effective sump baffle project can be built for a
low cost. This oil control method is The Most Effective Sump Baffle Design
available for any small ford block
engine .
Do you recall the metal
fabricating skills you learned at trade school? Can use a gas (Oxy)
welder to do some simple bronze or braze welding? (Or you know
someone who can)... and you also have
a good sense of mechanical nouse... then we can show
you the step-by-step methods to build your
own highly effective sump baffle system. And no, you wont have to enlarge the
original TC sump pan in any shape or form.... we'll show you
how to go about fabricating and setting up the special parts
that fit inside of the standard twin
cam sump, this system once installed, will eliminate oil
surge in any twin cam engine, build the baffle as directed in
th ebook and your engine will NEVER
experience oil surge, or oil pressure loss again. This could
well be one of the best engine mods you could ever do, it
will provide 100% reliable oil feed to the oil pump.
(Apart from fitting an
expensive dry sump system)
Why is it that people spend thousands of dollars building
high performance engines, then proceed to use a poorly designed standard
sump? Factory engine sumps are a compromise between the
bean counters (Production costs) and the engineers... guess who
usually wins out?
Around motoring circles, you
hear people waxing lyrical about dry sump sytems, and yes, it
sounds pretty cool to tell everyone how high
tech your car is, but the honest truth is, unless
you are a very serious motor sport competitory, you don't have
to resort to expensive race mods, but if you
sprint, club race, or just like driving your elan hard
along twisty winding roads, then you really do need an affective 100%
reliable sump baffle oil control system.
Our
new manual clearly outlines how the
enthusiast elan owner can build a sump baffle in the home
workshop, but this is not just any old sump baffle, this design is
arguably one of the best designed sump baffle system
available, forget about accusumps, and you can almost forget about
dry sumps. Once you understand how effective this system
is, you will wonder why you have not built one
sooner. The baffle system is not difficult to build, providing
you have access to some metal working tools and general workshop
equipment, and you are capable of doing the work your self...
and most home mechanic enthusiasts could do the work.. That is
where the cost savings are made.
You won't have to go figure "How To Do
It", because all of the design work has been
already done for you, every detail is fully outlined
& explained step - by - step in an easy to follow
fashion.
While building the sump baffle
project we shot a large number of clear
detailed photographs, and wrote down the A to Z
step-by-step detailed instructions on how to build the
sump baffle system, the manual
contains over forty pages
of easy to understand, non
technical instructions in PDF format (Opens on PC
& MAC). You can start reading and learning
right now, about how to build this unique sump
baffle system.
On pages 30 & 31 of the manual, there's a
series of photographs which provide a unique "con
rod" view into the depths of the sump, where
you can actually see how the baffles operate while
cornering... a really fascinating picture sequence to
look at... these "inside the sump" pictures have never been
revealed before.
OK, here's the drum on some of the contents of the
manual.
Page 3: Right at the beginning, we show the
six simple pieces of sheet metal & a
few small metal components you'll need to build the
baffles, (The material cost: remember, is less than
$20.00) Then below that is another photo showing a finished baffle,
you get to understand right away what you are going to
build.
Page 5: Explains the tools and gear you'll use,
or need to access to build the project, things that many workshops
already have.
Page 7: And onwards, we get stuck
right into the nitty gritty of preparing for the
project.
Page 10: This is where you will find very
important info about the many different oil pick-up pipes and
types of strainer used (And things that you must be very
aware of to avoid problems) plus we'll explain how to go
about repositioning & supporting the
oil pick up pipe so that it works best with the new
baffle set up. (This is one of the secrets to this
design).
Page 13: (Heck, that's not even halfway through
the manual, & there's another 27 pages to go) You'll learn how to
make a simple, but very important jig that will allow you to
accurately set up & position the oil pick up pipe at
the correct height (depth)... works even if the engine is still in the
car.
There's page after page of detailed info, we don’t hold
anything back, we have built the project from the ground
up, we know that it works 100%, and we show
you how & why it works, the
hard yakka has been done for you... now it's your turn to
get cracking in your own workshop. There is a good chance that a
few engine builders wont like what you are going to learn from
this new ebook.
We were utterly amazed how
this simple, but highly effective baffle system
has totally eliminated
the oil surge problem in our own elan S2DHC.
(That's the red elan pictured top left of this page) Since the
modification was completed, the elan has covered over 1000
miles of fast Alpine road testing here in Australia, and
we simply cannot fault the system, it is that good,
you'd think the engine was fitted with a dry sump system! There is
just no need to watch the oil gauge out of the corner of the
eye any more that is for sure!

The unique sump baffle system controls
the oil flow to allow the oil pump to deliver a constant
oil pressure which should be somewhere between 45 - 60PSI,
depending on what type of pump is fitted to your
TC engine.
The only regret is that we
did not build and install this sump baffle system
many years ago. It would be a safe bet that you don't want
to keep putting up with oil surge & pressure loss either,
it is a pain having to keep a constant eye on the oil
gauge while driving.
You don't have to
spend bags of money, not when you can simply follow
the step-by-step instructions to build your
own low cost, highly effective oil baffle
control system... this system will put an end
to the oil surge problem forever.
If you enjoy
fabricating things for your lotus, then this project will give you
immense personal reward and satisfaction.... not to mention the
BIG dollars saved.
You Wont Believe
How Effective This Sump Baffle System Is.
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Reviews.
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Col.
This is a great
and very detailed ebook manual on how to build a baffled
sump system that works.
Rohan Hodges. S4 elan
Historic Competitor. Australia.
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Hi Col.
The sump baffle ebook is pretty well written -
I've read through it once and all is well
explained. I plan to pull the elan motor some time in
the next 12 months for a thorough overhaul etc, I plan to
have a crack at the sump then.
Regards.
Bill Nibbs. ACT Aust.
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Hi Col.
I have read thru the How to Build a Sump
Baffle ebook. It seems to be well written and has very
good detail. The reference to a well equipped shop is
a little understated, but a person should be able to hire out
some work that he may not have tools to build. I had a pan
baffled by a Lotus parts supplier here in the USA not long ago
and was not even close to this in detail. It did not have
gates, and no windage tray. I think the curved windage tray
will also add to the mod greatly. I know you have
thoroughly tested your design and I am sure it works
well.
Many thanks. Mark. Iowa
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 The standard twin cam sump above
is fitted with a curved windage tray, the
unique baffle system fits neatly under
the tray. A curved tray is a slightly better option than a
flat tray, but both types work equally well. It does not matter
what type of engine you are building, this
baffle design can be easily adapted to many different types of
inline 4 or 6 cyl engines. The object is to
control the oil so that it is always available to the oil pump,
and the manual will show you how to achieve
that.
This manual, will show you all of the
simple tricks and techniques you need to know about building and
installing a sump baffle system into your Ford/Lotus twin cam
engine.
You dont want to risk serious damage to your engine
do you? Of course you don't, grab your copy now, and
begin fabricating one of the best improvements you
can possibly make to your precious twin cam
engine.
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The instructions in this manual could also
be employed by owners of: Ford Escort - Cortina -
Anglia. Etc, which are powered by small Ford engines. In
fact, this baffle system design could be applied to almost any
type of inline four or six cylinder
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