S-car oil pan baffles

[DeWitt Harrison]

I agree the windage tray would help for left turns. But it
does not provide any baffling to prevent oil climbing the left side
of the pan in a hard right turn. Intended Acceleration has come
up with a baffle to control the oil during right turns -- although
it's a bit crude -- by forming a catch pocket on the left side of
the pan. I was sent a picture that I can forward upon request.

I would not argue against your experience, but you may need to
find a track with a more challenging combination of rights.

DeWitt

On Thursday, January 21, 2010 5:03 PM, "Brett Dikeman"
<brett.dikeman at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 4:17 PM, DeWitt Harrison <six-rs at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> > This mod's primary benefit is to reduce engine drag by capturing
> > more of the oil slung off the crank to the sump and reducing the
> > the density of the oil mist cloud the crank must spin in. In the
> > process, the dynamic oil level in the sump is improved somewhat.
> > But a windage tray doesn't really solve the problem of oil starvation
> > in hard right hand turns where the oil in the sump climbs the left wall
> > of the pan and engine block. Custom baffles must be fabricated to
> > address that issue.
> 
> It's left turns, not right turns.  The turn before the bridge and
> under the bridge at Tremblant, for example- two lefts.
> 
> Cured the problem for me, completely.  I went from the gauge dropping
> like a rock right after the bridge and the low-pressure alarm coming
> on, to not even a wiggle.  Maybe there was something more than just
> the windage tray installed?  I'd have to go back into my email from
> back then and see what Glen did.
> 
> Brett