[DeTomaso] Dry Sump discussion

[michael at michaelshortt.com]

My 911SC had a nose mounted oil cooler, no problem at all as long as you
remember to jack up the nose when changing the oil, otherise when you add
the manual stated 14 quarts, you'll have 4 too many.
Then embarrass the helll out of yourself driving down the road in a car
that replicates a 1970 era mosquito man spraying DDT behind a truck being
chased by idiot kids on bicycles.

Michael Shortt.
On Jan 19, 2014 11:45 AM, "Ken Green" <kenn_green at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I think a lot of us have the bug to make changes to make it "our car".
> There are other reasons for dry sump:
> 1)  takes the load of the oil pump off the cam and distributor drive pin
> (right name?);
> 2)  creating vacuum in the crankcase improves ring sealing significantly
> and adds HP (a vacuum pump could also);
> 3)  reduces drag on the crank from the oil splashing against it;
> 4)  no oil starvation;
> 5)  could put the oil tank in the nose and use an oil to air cooler (I
> talked to Barnes pumps and they said pumping that far was not a problem);
> and
> 6)  it's very cool  : )
>
> But I think you are right that aluminum heads should come way ahead of dry
> sump in a list of mods.
>
> Ken
>
>    *From:* Carey McMahon <cmcmahon at bigpond.com>
> *To:* "detomaso at poca.com" <detomaso at poca.com>
> *Sent:* Saturday, January 18, 2014 7:08 PM
> *Subject:* [DeTomaso] Dry Sump discussion
>
> I'm wondering what the problem is that you want to solve by fitting a dry
> sump? Is it better lubrication, more oil to cool with and reducing volume
> of oil that sits in the rocker covers? Or is it reducing center of gravity
> for better handling?
>
> If this isn't a race car, then why bother? Better to fit alloy heads to
> lower weight at the top of the engine and leave the wet sump. Just my 2
> cents.
>
> Cheers
>
> Carey
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On 19 Jan 2014, at 1:38 pm, detomaso-request at poca.com wrote:
> >
> > dogs
>
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