Hi Exscom
We made a complete drawing and later CAD-drawing of the crankshaft, engine block, oil pump and the crankshafts movement. From that we step by step searched the position for the oil pump by calculating the length of the chain, circumference of the gear wheels, available space and found a position were the pump could be located without colliding with other moving parts. At the end we put shims in step of 0,10mm between the plate and the screws for the main bearing caps to adjust the tension of the chain.
I will post some more pictures of the plate to give you a good idea about how we did (not today). But I do not want to send CAD-drawings that we made/use. Mostly out of respect to the work producing them, we put down about 3 months of work before we had the final plate and CAD-drawings.
As you can see already in the previously posted pictures we made several versions of the plate for the testing and adjustments. The first pictures posted shows the first version, this was only a plate with 5mm thickness for finding the correct position of the gear wheel. After the correct position was found we made another plate that could handle the transportation of oil, had space for the crankshaft/connecting rod and hole for the oil dipstick. I believe we made 3 different plates for testing before we had the final product. The final plate was then anodized into black. Both to have a harder surface but also so that if any crack occur it shall be easier to find.
I'm glad that you like the pictures from the project and find them inspiring.
Exscom hat geschrieben:Tell me how the plate is centered.
And it is possible to obtain a drawing of the plate. Thanks in advance.