MK2 MG ZR160 Track car

[JOHNDQ]

Originally Posted by peterzs

going for the concours look??

Will look good when its all back together.

No mate no where near that standard just looking to brighten it up a bit so when its cooling off in pits looks like it was worth spending all the money on

[ZS Phil]

Looks great, almost seems a shame to get it dirty!

[JOHNDQ]

Originally Posted by ZS Phil

Looks great, almost seems a shame to get it dirty!

Well can soon wash it

[Mark S]

you've put a lot of time and effort into the oil cooling system, does it have a baffled sump to keep it in the right place in the engine tho?

[JOHNDQ]

No it doesn't at the minute but to be fair even after all the trackdays its done using slicks etc and 119k (on original engine too still) all the bearings, crankshaft were still serviceable so it cant have have any oil problems to be fair. Saying that tho the sump will be coming off after the cams have been bedded in to clean as much of the running oil away so it will be getting one just to be safe

[Mark S]

awww,

the 190 trophy cars had baffled sumps and the f cup cars had dry sumps!

Might be worth thinking about?

[JOHNDQ]

Originally Posted by Mark S

awww,

the 190 trophy cars had baffled sumps and the f cup cars had dry sumps!

Might be worth thinking about?

Dry sump would be nice i did look into those but i never found any kits for the ZR as you have a brace that bolts onto the bottom of the sump and into the subframe with none of the dry sumps have it still like you say the guys on MGCC dont seem to be having problems so it would must likely be a huge over kill on the car and the pocket

[Mark S]

yep, dry sump is big bucks.

A simple sump baffle kit is a cheap remedy and functional.

[redzed]

Originally Posted by Mark S

yep, dry sump is big bucks.

A simple sump baffle kit is a cheap remedy and functional.

Custom made or off the shelf?

[Mark S]

Originally Posted by redzed

Custom made or off the shelf?

off the shelf sump baffles for the k4 cost about as much as 5ltrs of decent oil.

I had mine tack welded in place at a local engineering outfit, so that was an extra 30quid.

The kv6 on the other hand needs numerous plates welding in place to baffle it up, the kv6 sump is pretty good in the first place.