Hey Bill,
I guess I've never heard of a diff described as a "pump" before.
And seeing that there is no directionality of the "pump" (into/out-of
either of the two short pipe runs), then I still don't see how fluid/heat
could transfer between the diff and the catch can other than by
dispersion.
Gee, if that worked, we wouldn't need oil pumps on our motors
because the crank could "pump" oil to heads and bearings.
Besides, didn't Kas and/or Tullius use pumps?
Shane
----Original Message Follows----
From: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
To: 'SHANE Ingate' <hottr6@hotmail.com>, oldskooling@yahoo.com
CC: fot@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [FOT] Differential fluid
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 07:54:49 -0700
It has an inlet and an outlet and there's a short run of pipe so there's not
much friction. There's lots of pumping going on inside any differential at
speed. I'd guess that the connector located near the middle is low pressure
and the one close to the periphery is higher. We don't need no stinkin'
pumps. And anything Prather builds is absolutely certain to be well thought
out and functional.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net] On Behalf
Of SHANE Ingate
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 7:18 AM
To: oldskooling@yahoo.com
Cc: fot@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [FOT] Differential fluid
>Is this what you're talking about
>http://www.pratherracing.com/products/miatadiff.html
I don't get this; this looks just like a catch can that relies on
serendipity to transfer hot fluid to the can and return cool fluid to the
diff. Unless it is pumped, I cannot see how it could provide any
quantitative effect.
Shane "P.T. Barnam" Ingate in Md
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