Sump brace

[Greg87]

Hi, just wondering what sump braces people are using and you’re opinions on them.

im planning on getting one for my fd to hopefully help with a small oil leak I have, but the only one I can find with groves to supposedly fit properly is from elite rotary shop.

do the grooves actually matter, or will a flat one from Essex rotary etc work the same?

thanks

 

[Nas80]

Grooves matter .

 

[Greg87]

That’s what I was thinking to help squeeze it better, but most seem to just be flat with no groves cut in

 

[Adam]

Gotta pay to play. Chipsmotorsport donthe nicest one

 

[JDK]

If you really need the grooves.... then just buy the Essex one and have a miller put the grooves in for you - it'll be cheaper than the other ones...

 

[Nas80]

Yeh you could but tbh I think it'll cost more like that. The squiggles that stick up are not entirely straight

 

[jack.am]

The Chips one isn't that expensive really, before all the shipping and duty gets added on anyway...

 

[Greg87]

Think I may stick with the elite rotary one. It looks very similar to the chips one, but is around $60 cheaper before shipping as they have 25% off for Black Friday running atm.

Not sure how much the import duty will add once it gets here, only issue is the shipping cost is $66 on its own.

 

[JoeLanger]

The grooves won't matter in a 5mm piece of steel no.

Has anyone got one lying around? I would be in the market for one too?

 

[Greg87]

I was under the impression the grooves helped it get a proper seal whereas without it wouldn’t be so good?

If it’s not really going to make any difference I may just get the Essex one as it’s around £50 cheaper all in.

 

[Greg87]

Or if anyone has one they want to sell, let me know before I order one

 

[JoeLanger]

I was under the impression the grooves helped it get a proper seal whereas without it wouldn’t be so good?

If it’s not really going to make any difference I may just get the Essex one as it’s around £50 cheaper all in.

You need grooves on the Pan yes, but the brace sits on top of the pan to stop it from flexing.

Put it this way I had a sump leak, fitted a brace with no grooves (not essex rotary one), and now it doesn't leak.

 

[Greg87]

Essex rotary it is then, I need speed bleeders anyway so can get it all in one go.

Thanks for the input

 

[JDK]

Yeh you could but tbh I think it'll cost more like that. The squiggles that stick up are not entirely straight

I can imagine the the Mazda engineers now -
'Shall we add squiggles?'
'Is that an engineering term?'
"Yes'
'Then Yes, we need squiggles'

 

[Nas80]

Haha yea I was struggling to think of the word to describe them that was the closest I could get.

There's so much wrong with my statement. I think I should apologise