Woznaldo
13-02-2015, 07:54
Those of you that have seen my project thread will know I've been looking at a higher capacity Oil Pump. The reason for this is because I am running a Remote Oil Filter and Oil Cooler. I also want to fit some under Piston Oil Spray Jets and would like the extra capacity for piece of mind.
Some may argue that a good condition OEM Oil Pump will be more than up to the task, but I'm also finding that many people are using uprated Oil Pumps on other cars in Renaults range that use a version of the Cleon engine.
A started looking quite a while back and initially found a High Capacity Oil Pump (or Pompe a Huile Gros Debit (Pump Oil Big Delivery for the littoral translation)) made by an R8 Gordini and R5 T2 specialist called Keops Racing, but they don't have a website. What they do have is a new larger Oil Pump Body casting that utilises the Alpine A110 Oil Pump Vein and Rotor.
I also found a thread on a French forum where a guy used the OEM GT Turbo Oil Pump Body with a spacer. Here's a pic that illustrates the Vein size difference:
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa40/woznaldo/GTTandGordiniOilPumpHC_zpse41e4f55.jpg
The GT Turbo on the right and the A110 on the left. The GT Turbo Vein is 26mm tall, while the A110 is 31mm tall. Therefore, if going for the spacer route, it needs to be 5mm thick. The obvious problem is ensuring the spacer is concentric with the Pump Body. The French dude on the forum got this advice from other forum users, but nobody explain how to fix this. What I would do is sleeve the four Pump Body clamp bolt holes. This would then keep the spacer firmly in place.
I'll get some more pics up when my photobucket account stops having a hissy fit.
Some may argue that a good condition OEM Oil Pump will be more than up to the task, but I'm also finding that many people are using uprated Oil Pumps on other cars in Renaults range that use a version of the Cleon engine.
A started looking quite a while back and initially found a High Capacity Oil Pump (or Pompe a Huile Gros Debit (Pump Oil Big Delivery for the littoral translation)) made by an R8 Gordini and R5 T2 specialist called Keops Racing, but they don't have a website. What they do have is a new larger Oil Pump Body casting that utilises the Alpine A110 Oil Pump Vein and Rotor.
I also found a thread on a French forum where a guy used the OEM GT Turbo Oil Pump Body with a spacer. Here's a pic that illustrates the Vein size difference:
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa40/woznaldo/GTTandGordiniOilPumpHC_zpse41e4f55.jpg
The GT Turbo on the right and the A110 on the left. The GT Turbo Vein is 26mm tall, while the A110 is 31mm tall. Therefore, if going for the spacer route, it needs to be 5mm thick. The obvious problem is ensuring the spacer is concentric with the Pump Body. The French dude on the forum got this advice from other forum users, but nobody explain how to fix this. What I would do is sleeve the four Pump Body clamp bolt holes. This would then keep the spacer firmly in place.
I'll get some more pics up when my photobucket account stops having a hissy fit.