Upgrades and improvements for longevity

[Steve Bryant]

Thank you all for your comments and input.
 
Everyone generally has their own favored methods of doing things or resolving issues with their particular application. I've seen a lot of sumps on BMC cars with shallow depressions around where the bolts hold the pressed metal sump to the cast block resulting in leaks generally between the bolts. This is from repeated over tightening in order to get a leak proof seal. I reasoned that if there was a thick metal retainer around the edge the compression would be much more even and consistent resulting in no leaks or at least minimal ones.

I guess time will tell once its all together.

Stephen