[s-cars] RE: AAN Drysump
Mark Pollan
mark.pollan at mci.com
Mon Feb 28 18:28:41 EST 2005
Baffles and a single pickup.
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Theodore Chen
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 6:22 PM
To: Trevor Frank; QSHIPQ at aol.com; mlped at qwest.net; TODD KRAMER;
s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: RE: [s-cars] RE: AAN Drysump
do the S-car oil pans have baffles or trapdoors for oil control? dual
oil pickups?
-teddy
--- Trevor Frank <tfrank at symyx.com> wrote:
>
> Talked to the guy's at Sierra Motorsports a few years ago...he was very
> concerned about me getting a spare and replacing the wet sump pump or
going
> with a dry sump. Honestly I think that this was because his experience
was
> all with rally cars, he said that they did have starvation issues and
would
> blow the pumps a lot as well as spinning bearings. I believe that since
we
> don't tend to jump our cars all that much or get them on two wheels...hmmm
> actually Scott the dry sump might be for you. :)
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 12:20 PM
> To: Theodore Chen; mlped at qwest.net; 'TODD KRAMER'; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] RE: AAN Drysump
>
> That would be the absolute worst place to look for more ponies, in fact I
> can't think of a worse place to throw dollars. Knife edge the crank, get
> accusump wet sump resevoir, buy a dedicated track car. All money better
> spent.
>
> There is a crank scraper found on all S cars already, and a pretty decent
wet
> sump arrangement. I haven't seen the symptom (spun rod and crank
bearings)
> posted to even discuss the accusump resevoir, less the dry sump
arrangement.
>
> my .02
>
> SJ
> In a message dated 2/28/2005 1:16:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, Theodore
Chen
> <tedebearp at yahoo.com> writes:
>
> >well, maybe they're looking for a few more hp by keeping the oil away
> >from a spinning crank, but the money is better spent elsewhere (on a
> >dollar per horsepower basis). do these engines have windage trays and
> >crank scrapers?
> >
> >-teddy
>
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