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by wedge8v
Mon Sep 19, 2005 3:42 am
Forum: Triumph Dolomite Club Motorsport Register
Topic: Oil pan baffles
Replies: 11
Views: 4138

Re: Oil pan baffles

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I'd enjoy seeing the diagram, cargeek@comcast.net. <br>
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A few years ago I spent some time sloshing water around in an open oil pan and really began to appreciate the difficulty in keeping the oil in the sump.

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by wedge8v
Wed Sep 14, 2005 6:23 pm
Forum: Triumph Dolomite Club Motorsport Register
Topic: Oil pan baffles
Replies: 11
Views: 4138

Oil pan baffles

Has anyone found any good oil pan baffle layouts? Brian Kitley sells a dolly pan but I'm not sure that would fit my wedge since Rimmers shows different oil pan part numbers for dolomites and TR7s. Looking at the oil pickup height from the pan bottom, it seems like it wouldn't take alot of oil slosh ...
by wedge8v
Wed Sep 14, 2005 5:50 pm
Forum: Engine & Exhaust
Topic: New member - TT valve train
Replies: 4
Views: 1908

Re: Valve Caps

Pulling through was really the kind of failure I was worried about. Since I had the longer stem TT valves it kind of forced me to stick with the alloy caps. Funny thing was that I still needed to use extra thick shims even though the TT catalog said using the longer valves would allow the use of the ...
by wedge8v
Tue Sep 13, 2005 4:18 am
Forum: Engine & Exhaust
Topic: New member - TT valve train
Replies: 4
Views: 1908

New member - TT valve train

Hello all, I've greatly enjoyed reading from this discussion board for a few months now. It's really a relief to hear some people actually tuning the 1850/Sprint engines. I've always been a big fan of the Sprints since reading an artical about one in Practical Classics many years ago. My intension ...