Not a dry sump, but good idea!
Don, you can see that the 2600 pump "sucker" goes into the oil in the pan, and it in no way has a "dry sump". However, wouldn't such an arrangement to limit the oil push up into the block be a great idea on a 102/2000 engine! :clap::clap: On extended and hard cornering the oil in those engines is pushed by tangential force entirely to one side and it piles up into the block so the sump end of the pump ends up sucking air instead of oil. I have NEVER been able to run laps at the Seattle track (Formerly Seattle International Raceways; now Pacific International Raceways) without starving bearings for lack of oil because of the pump drawing air, and because of that have had to rebuild a lot of engines.:cursing: I have always hoped to find a dry sump like there is on the Sportiva. I know the 1900 Matta (i.e. Alfa jeep) had a dry sump too, but the crankcase was weird. Anyway, the next time I rebuild a 102/2000 cast iron two liter engine I will fabricate just exactly such a sheet metal piece between the pan and the block. Might be just what I have been searching for during the last 40 frustrating years. I have never worked on the bottom end of a 2600 engine, so I never realized how Alfa found an easy way to solve that drawback of the 1900 and two liter engines. :clap::clap::clap: