<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span></span></div><div>I think a lot of us have the bug to make changes to make it "our car". There are other reasons for dry sump:</div><div>1) takes the load of the oil pump off the cam and distributor drive pin (right name?);</div><div>2) creating vacuum in the crankcase improves ring sealing significantly and adds HP (a vacuum pump could also);</div><div>3) reduces drag on the crank from the oil splashing against it;</div><div>4) no oil starvation;</div><div>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</div><div>6) it's very cool : )</div><div><br></div><div>But I think you are right that aluminum heads should come way ahead of dry sump in a list of
mods.</div><div><br></div><div>Ken</div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <div class="hr" style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: none; height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" contenteditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Carey McMahon <cmcmahon@bigpond.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "detomaso@poca.com" <detomaso@poca.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, January 18, 2014 7:08 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [DeTomaso] Dry Sump discussion<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>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?<br><br>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.<br><br>Cheers<br><br>Carey <br><br>Sent from my iPhone<br><br>> On 19 Jan 2014, at 1:38 pm, <a href="mailto:detomaso-request@poca.com" ymailto="mailto:detomaso-request@poca.com">detomaso-request@poca.com</a> wrote:<br>> <br>> dogs<br><br>_______________________________________________<br><br>Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA<br><br>DeTomaso mailing list<br><a href="mailto:DeTomaso@poca.com" ymailto="mailto:DeTomaso@poca.com">DeTomaso@poca.com</a><br><a href="http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com" target="_blank">http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div>
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