Brian Hart oil pump

Once a big name in racing engines, I was happy to discover that my second-(or more)hand engine has a Brian Hart dry sump oil pump. For a small introduction to the man, please refer to this Wiki. For my part, I started to clean that beauty the old-fashioned way with brake-cleaner, emery paper and a toothbrush.
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Back-up engine

The idea was to buy an engine for back-up. Now this engine has some goodies aboard I didn't expect. A quick look showed duplex timing chain, twin valve springs, Brian Hart dry sump pump and pan... I'm looking forward to inspect more closely what the builder did to the crankshaft, conrods and pistons. One more challenge: how to plumb in a dry sump lubrication system???
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Remote oil

A local workshop made the oilhoses yesterday. Now the pump is connected to the oil filter.

Oil filter reference and new position right behind the fan.
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Oil pump and remote plate

New Pace oil pump mounted together with the remote connection plate.

 

The big hex in the middle of the pic is the remote connection plate from underneath. Mounting a full size oil filter in this place means that it will foul the chassis and/or the brake line. The hoses will be made to my specs and connect with the oil filter housing shown in the last post.

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Oil temperature sensor

As described below, one of the plates of the new oilpump will be used to plug the oil temperature sensor in. This is a Stack sensor (ST764) and it will be electrically connected to the Stack dash.
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Oilpump knowledge

More oilpump knowledge thanks to 'supernono' (that's his nick in the french sevener forum) who had the sump off his engine and had a look for me where all the lines and channels go from and come to the pump. Valuable details I thankfully add to my blog to share with everybody interested.

The Pace wet sump oilpump has two blanking plates. Those plates can be replaced by connectors to loop in an oil cooler. As I want to run the engine without such a cooler, I can use one of the plates to mount the oil temperature sender for the Stack gauge. The thread is 1/8x27 NPT and is easily cut into the aluminium. You may notice that the fitting is not in the middle of the plate. This is due to the channel inside the pump having a slight angle.

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Oilpump résumé

After my initial hesitation about the new oilpump, I decided to further dig the subject. Surfing the web and reading lots of forum threads, one thing became clear: there are a lot of different pumps "out there". The engine in my car being a X-flow, you must know that there was the pre-xflow as well. Then there are the original Ford pumps, side-driven with or without angle. To add to the confusion, you can also find front-driven pumps, separate or integrated into the engine front cover. And to top it off, you can choose between dry sump and wet sump systems with according pumps.
Search criteria for me were 'side-driven' and 'wet sump'. I found three different pumps, but there might be more. A lot of small specialized companies developed and build their own. Since this engine has been on the market for several decades, there are a lot of different pumps both old and new.

Ford Burman Oil Pump (used, 50.-£ at Historic Racing)

Neil Bold Filter Type Pump (around 335.-£ + VAT at Historic Racing)

Pace DSP5 (around 250.-£ including VAT at Burton Power)

For the techies amongst you ...

... and finally, this one I really adore. The guys at Throbnozzle Racing apparently sent this to Pace to explain what kind of pump they imagined best for the Ford Kent X-flow.

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Engine mount mod

The Pace oil pump has connector plates to allow the use of an oil cooler without the need of a sandwich plate. Unfortunately on my car, the upper plate collidse with the engine mount.

This meant, lifting the engine, unmount the bracket, saw, file, try, saw, file, try ... until there was enough place to mount the pump. Later, I will use one of the plates to connect the oil temperature sensor.

The Monza fuel filler mounted for good. The rising fuel price calls for a lockable insert.
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Oilpump vs. oilpump

Pic shows the new Pace oilpump (left) and the old oilpump to compare. While the bolt pattern is the same, the internals are slightly different. I will post this pic in some of the forums prior to mount the new pump to be sure it suits my engine. Additionally, the new pump falls foul with the engine mount. But this is the lesser problem because I can modify it.

Oilpump connections on the engine will have to coincide with those of the new pump.

Upper left is the pickup hole (large) and right to it is the pressure hole (small). The other hole on the right will be blanked by the pump.

 

In case the brownies would decide to assemble the car one night, the battery should be ready, shouldn't it. This is a loading device you can leave on to take care of the battery by controlling the load and maintaining it.

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Substitute

To cut out a chassis rail is one thing, to replace it is something else. The photo shows the replacement not too far away from the original location. All in all, the chassis will keep it's initial strength.

This pic is for memory only and to show the mechanical odometer drive. Once all the panels in place, it will be hidden. As speed will be measured electronically, the mechanical drive will not be connected (note shiny new paint after grinding and welding!).

Latest order placed at Burton (GB), the new Pace DSP5 competition oil pump for wet sump. With a 20% higher volume and integrated sandwich plate, it's a piece of clever engineering to replace the setup currently used. I'm even tempted to try it out without the oil cooler to save weight. The higher volume might suffice to keep the oil temperature low.
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