[s-cars] RE: AAN Drysump

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Rich, when I read 'building a track car' my posts will change a bit.  I run RA quite often, and several other high g tracks.  Without question, a tarmac driven track car with a high dollar motor in it, will benefit from a accusump.  It's cheap insurance for the dollar spent.  That said, the 5ktq race car I service (with an added baffle in the pan) with full coil overs hasn't puked it's bearings yet, even with Randy Pobst flogging the crap out of it at Brainerd last year.  Hence my observation of not seeing spun bearings often enough...

Accusump is simple and cheap insurance for what you are doing to your track car.  My thoughts and opinions applied to the S car vary for all the obvious reasons.  My thoughts don't change with regard to dry sump, cuz I haven't seen the audi quattro that dictates it yet, either at the track or on the street.

SJ
In a message dated 3/1/2005 1:30:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, Rich Letsinger <rletsinger at gmail.com> writes:

>> I just don't see spun bearing problems often enough in my shop to justify either accu/dry sump arrangements.
>
>Scott, that's great information, thanks.  My question for you, though,
>is do you have a local track with a long high-g turn?
>
>The guy that helped me build my engine is recomending I install an
>Accusump in my 20v urquattro track car.  He spun a rod bearing at Road
>America in the "carousel."  And here on the west coast we have turn2
>at Pacific Raceways and "the carousel" at Thunder Hill.  Both are 3rd
>gear, 180 degree, left-hand turns where oil tends to pile up and not
>return to the sump.
>
>Rich