Greg, while you are having this plate
made…
If you add three 6MM, threaded with inserts, holes
just south of the three holes in the top of the drawing, you or anyone else,
can either install the Renesis OR the stock 13B oil
pan.
The original holes are used to bolt the plate to the
engine and the three additional holes will accommodate three of the 13B oil
pan bolts. If you install the Renesis pan, the three holes for the 13B
are covered up.
I can’t tell you the dimensions for the three holes,
but you could get them off a 13B oil pan. This allows 5 quarts of oil in
the sump, plus whatever is in the cooler, engine, etc. I haven’t done it
yet, but I expect that it will take 7 quarts to change the oil in my engine
with this setup.
Bill B
Hi, I started the engine mount for
my RV8 with Renesis engine today. Copying the basic design of the CCI mount
for which I was ripped off, I bought some Al plate 0.5" thick to fit
between sump and engine and made a CAD drawing so the water jet cutters can
finish it off. I've attached the drawing for anyone interested. I
haven't had it plotted to full size scale yet so there may be some
errors.
With some of the excess Al I'll
make a spacer to fit between the oil pickup and engine so the pickup is
lowered by the same amount as the plate. The oil pickup uses an O ring
for a seal so I'll get the spacer machined to take an O ring as well.
The drawing shows 2 spacers I thought I may as well have a spare since it's
just scrap material.