Trevor

undo the engine bolts, lift the engine up about 25 - 30mm, put some good quality blocks of wood under the engine mounts, this will keep the engine up in the air, no need to disconnect anything to do with the engine, 25-30mm shouldn't hurt anything
 
Then take off the sway bar and the sump should be easy to get out

undo the engine bolts, lift the engine up about 25 - 30mm, put some good quality blocks of wood under the engine mounts, this will keep the engine up in the air, no need to disconnect anything to do with the engine, 25-30mm shouldn't hurt anything
 
Then take off the sway bar and the sump should be easy to get out

The sandwich plate option is by far the easiest, might go down that path and see what happens, thanks everyone

The sandwich plate option is by far the easiest, might go down that path and see what happens, thanks everyone

You running a dry sump, or an oil cooler, Trev ??

Sandwich plate is fine i reckon.  I run one from there and works great. 
In response to ILIED, a track car runs at near max revs most of the time it's out on track, an oil temp problem can destroy bearings, rings etc, even though the water temp can still be within reason.  If you can keep an eye on it, why would'nt you want to monitor it, expensive fail if you didn't.

chaise were you drinking early yesterday? lol
 
i can see why you would worry about getting oil temps up there, i know i used to have to keep an eye on my 180sx when i gave it a hiding, having a gauge will give you an idea of the temps you're hitting....  as for cooling it down, just a small thermo on the back of a cooler should do it.
my beamer used to have the oil temp sensor in the sump if it helps. (factory location)

Trev - to answer your question I think a bung in the sump is the best place to monitor oil temps.  If you can get it close to the area where you pick up is, but on the side of the sump not underneath where it will get damaged.
 
monitoring oil temps is a great idea as you can see how much of a flogging you are giving the oil and then you can dump it when it needs it - not when you feel like changing it.
 
All oil starts to break down after 90c - only slightly but it does start to.  I have just fitted an oil temp gauge to my speedway engine after years of not running one.  I can tell you that I am glad I have.  On a recent test I saw oil temps as high as 135c.  Knowing these temps gave me some hard data to approach my local FUCHS oil sponsor with so he could then get onto the techs and ask about service intervals.  Without that hard data I would have been guessing.
 
Also this data has given me the knowledge now to go ahead with my 'off circuit' oil cooling system.  I will be running a diff cooler pump to pull oil from the sump and push it thru a PWR oil cooler that uses your cooled radiator water to cool the oil.  Street Machine did a feature on these coolers a few months back but they have been around for a good while.
 
My reason for going 'off circuit' cooling rather that the traditional sandwich plate is that I have seen too much pressure drop when using sandwich plates - even with massive lines.  In addition I will be able to run the cooler with the engine switched off. 
 
But hey each to their own. 

undo the engine bolts, lift the engine up about 25 - 30mm, put some good quality blocks of wood under the engine mounts, this will keep the engine up in the air, no need to disconnect anything to do with the engine, 25-30mm shouldn't hurt anything
 
Then take off the sway bar and the sump should be easy to get out

Ok so the painting has finally started, well started with the wheels on the weekend, also have been cleaning the interior of body deadener etc ready for some colour. I have chosen to go with the Peter Jackson colours. So it starts.
In undercoat

In colour

And with some new Nitto bags

Maybe

Interesting on the South African thing
 
The single rail we have in our XE was given to me in bits, I had no idea how to put it together so I gave it (in a box) to one of my local mechanics who is supposed to be a guru on them, when I went to pick it up he asked me where I got it, I told him that I believed it was out of an American Mustang, he said that he had never seen the ratios that were in our box before, hmmmm??????
 
And you can't fit the bush into ours, just like the OP

we have been running a single rail in a XE racecar for about 6 years and never had one, bought one, couldn't fit it, threw it in the bin and never worried about it again - just sayin'

we have been running a single rail in a XE racecar for about 6 years and never had one, bought one, couldn't fit it, threw it in the bin and never worried about it again - just sayin'

we have been running a single rail in a XE racecar for about 6 years and never had one, bought one, couldn't fit it, threw it in the bin and never worried about it again - just sayin'

I am liking the bottom pic, it is era correct as well

It is a great colour, I know where there is an awesome XE in that colour

so you got a little one up - picture I mean - LOL

Paint the fucker Kalari Kenworth Orange Steve, it will look awesome - LOL

we can paint late in the evening of September 7th if you want?

Start a photobucket account, then add the photo's to the account, once that is done, on the top right of the photo there is a list of things, you need to click links and copy the link, then post the link here
 
Or you can open a Post Image account (I reckon they are better) and do the same, but as soon as you add the pictures it gives you an option at the bottom to 'Hotlink for Forums (1)', click on the 'copy to clipboard' link and then paste the link here.

funny you should say that - LOL
 

funny you should say that - LOL
 

It is a great colour, I know where there is an awesome XE in that colour

It is a great colour, I know where there is an awesome XE in that colour