Oil sandwich plate in Brisbane?

jerrah · Postby **jerrah** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 10:18 am

My BP motor is a later model that doesn't have the oil feed like the NA8 and early NA6.

I'm not really happy with the t-piece oil feed off my oil pressure sender. I've got a leak down there which I could fix but it's a real pain trying to fit a spanner in there under the intake manifold/starter motor/doing arm gymnastics under a car when my arms are all too long. ...... If I fix it now I'm sure I'll have to get down there in the future which will probably lead to me removing the intake manifold to tighten a bolt.

So I'm thinking of fitting an oil sandwich plate or oil filter relocation because it's a more accessible part of the engine bay.

Could somebody advise where I could purchase one today in Brisbane? I've found one at Option1 (suspect Nissan ones are different) and a RX8 one at Mazfix at Springwood. Both are around $150 just for the plate which seems a bit exy? Unsure if the RX8 one would fit either.

Apu · Postby **Apu** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 10:25 am

Jerrah,

I've just handed MX5 Mania some Works Engineering stock - they have both the sandwich plate and the filter relocation kits. Please check the price with them.

Bryan

jerrah · Postby **jerrah** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 10:29 am

Thanks Bryan, really wanted to find one today (last day of leave from work to get project finished) - I had already found a few in Sydney. I will investigate though.

jerrah · Postby **jerrah** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 12:35 pm

Solution:

2nd hand sandwich plate from MX5 Plus.
Fittings from Enzed.

I think it makes a better solution than using adapters off the oil pressure sender port.

Lokiel · Postby **Lokiel** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 2:09 pm

WARNING: You may have issues with threads.

The GREX/GREDDY (being Japanese) blocks typically use 1/8" BSP-28 (British Standard Pipe, 28 Threads Per Inch) threading.

Many sensors (being typically USA-sourced) use 1/8" NPT-27 (American National Pipe, 27 Threads Per Inch) threading.

These are NOT interchangeable so you may need to buy adapters for the sensors.

I had these issues when I did my oil cooler install (see http://mx5cartalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=41091&start=173)

Aussie Stig · Postby **Aussie Stig** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 2:26 pm

These look ok for 25 bucks+ship and has the NPT fittings.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Black-Oil-Fil ... 25644b313a

jerrah · Postby **jerrah** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 5:18 pm

Lokiel wrote:WARNING: You may have issues with threads.

Thank you for the warning. :-) I've already spent time learning about the NTP and BSP threads through my oil pressure feed / t-piece.

I'm actually going massive potential underkill with the sandwich plate (I guess i could throw in an oil temp sensor and a oil cooler) and I'm only using it to feed the turbo.

As such I got a BSP fitting to my turbo line from Enzed and everything has fitted perfectly.

Aussie Stig · Postby **Aussie Stig** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 10:02 pm

jerrah wrote:
Lokiel wrote:WARNING: You may have issues with threads.

Thank you for the warning. :-) I've already spent time learning about the NTP and BSP threads through my oil pressure feed / t-piece.

I'm actually going massive potential underkill with the sandwich plate (I guess i could throw in an oil temp sensor and a oil cooler) and I'm only using it to feed the turbo.

As such I got a BSP fitting to my turbo line from Enzed and everything has fitted perfectly.

Nice, you get a turbo oil feed plus provision for oil temp and pressure. Sounds like a win.