Big wing pick up pipe

**bruceabz** · 22-10-2020, 19:09

Looking for a cross flow big wing sump pick up pipe. I have the big wing sump ready to use but would really like to fit the correct pick up pipe if anyone has one available??

cheers
bruceabz

**Graham** · 23-10-2020, 06:34

good luck i spent ages looking for one then adapted a standard one

**Forest_rallying** · 23-10-2020, 17:17

Originally Posted by Graham

good luck i spent ages looking for one then adapted a standard one

I have an alloy Big Wing sump for a Twin Cam engine and have the same problem. We took it to a Reputable engine builder to be fitted to a 1700 BDA engine that he was overhauling for us and he wouldn't use it because we hadn't got the correct pickup pipe and he didn't want to trust a modified one as the engine was been fitted with a brand new crank and rods. In the end the only option for us was to buy a new dry sump system for which I believe is what he wanted to fit all along.

40 odd years ago my late Father was trusted to the job of oil pickup pipe modifying as he was an old School gas welder, we never had any problems with them cracking.

**wildo105e** · 23-10-2020, 17:42

Originally Posted by Graham

good luck i spent ages looking for one then adapted a standard one

thought the same TBH about 5 years i was watching them going for over £300 for pickup and sump now you don't see them for sale.

**Forest_rallying** · 23-10-2020, 18:00

Did a Mk1 Mexico have Big Wing sump as standard? I have a Haynes manual somewhere for said vehicle but it seems to have gone walkabouts.

**rallyrob** · 23-10-2020, 18:28

Originally Posted by Forest_rallying

Did a Mk1 Mexico have Big Wing sump as standard? I have a Haynes manual somewhere for said vehicle but it seems to have gone walkabouts.

An old mate of mine had a Mk1 Mexico back in about 86-87, I don't remember it having a big wing sump, but it was
a long time ago so I maybe wrong.

**Raffik** · 25-10-2020, 11:22

Please send me a picture of what you are after and i might have one .

**Graham** · 25-10-2020, 11:34

Originally Posted by Forest_rallying

Did a Mk1 Mexico have Big Wing sump as standard? I have a Haynes manual somewhere for said vehicle but it seems to have gone walkabouts.

no it didnt

**HonkyWhiteTrash** · 26-10-2020, 12:12

Originally Posted by Graham

no it didnt

Really? There's a lot of Mexico's out there with the wrong sump then!

**Graham** · 26-10-2020, 15:24

Originally Posted by HonkyWhiteTrash

Really? There's a lot of Mexico's out there with the wrong sump then!

IIRC it was something you could order through the RS catalog/dealers

**bruceabz** · 16-11-2020, 14:10

Hi Raffik

Can you contact me on email? I am not allowed to PM you as I don't have enough posts under my belt. bdros@aol.com

**HonkyWhiteTrash** · 16-11-2020, 14:20

Originally Posted by bruceabz

Hi Raffik

Can you contact me on email? I am not allowed to PM you as I don't have enough posts under my belt. bdros@aol.com

You're best off "quoting" him in your post (like I've done to you) as you get an email notification, and a notification on the site whenever you receive one. Might help Raffik to pick up your message seeing as you can't PM.

**bruceabz** · 16-11-2020, 14:51

Originally Posted by Raffik

Please send me a picture of what you are after and i might have one .

Raffik, can you contact me via mail please, bdros@aol.com

**Tony B.** · 16-11-2020, 15:24

All Mk1 Mexico's (and RS1600 and T/C's) had them but with an off centre pickup pipe. Graham you are probably remembering the big big wing sumps which were an RS item. They had even larger wings added and a central pickup and better baffling. Allegedly they were made to solve failures on the Mexico Challenge race cars.