AM-SB · Baffled Sump · Mazda MX-5

Oil where it belongs.

Fifteen laser-cut parts and four hinged trap doors that let oil in and keep it there — so the pickup stays covered through every long, loaded corner.

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Rendered Ahura Motorsport sump baffle assembly in satin steel
FIG. 01 — ASSEMBLY, ISO
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02 — Anatomy

Fifteen parts.
No wasted ones.

A flat top plate locates on the pan rails. Two folded side plates form the box around the pickup. Four doors hang on captive pins — they swing in, never out.

Exploded view of the sump baffle showing all fifteen parts
FIG. 02 — EXPLODED ISO
ItemDescriptionQty
    Assembly mass (model)0 g
    0Components
    0One-way trap doors
    0gAssembly mass (model)
    0%TIG welded

    03 — Simulated

    Same corner.
    Different pan.

    Two pans, the same litre of oil, the same 1.5 g thrown at them one way and then the other. Watch the oil around the pickup in the stock pan leave, and the box on the right hold on to its share.

    Stock pan With Ahura baffle
    Lateral load
    0.00 g
    Oil in pan
    1.0 L
    Method
    Particle sim
    FIG. 03 — OIL SLOSH, LOW-OIL CASE

    04 — Function

    Corners push oil away.
    The doors push back.

    Under sustained lateral load the oil climbs the outside wall of the pan. The doors on the loaded side swing open and let it flood into the box; when the load reverses they close, trapping it around the pickup.

    Lateral
    +0.00 g
    Pickup
    Submerged
    SECTION A–A · FRONT BAFFLED G
    FIG. 04 — SCHEMATIC

    05 — Detail

    Cut, folded, signed.

    Every edge comes off the laser. The name goes straight through the plate — not a sticker, not a print.

    Close-up of the AHURA name laser-cut through the top plate
    Laser-cut identityDET. A
    Underside view of the baffle showing trap doors and side plates
    Underside — doors & pinsVIEW B
    Concept graphite finish of the sump baffle
    Graphite — concept finishFIN. 02

    06 — Drawings

    Drawn before it's cut.

    Every Ahura part starts as a fully-defined model in Fusion. Here's a look at the general arrangement — production drawings stay in the workshop.

    07 — Contact

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