to set the stage,
about five years ago a friend offered me his old Weaver dry sump pump that
he ran on his TR-5 back in the day. It came with a couple of scavenge hoses
and a pair of Aviaid scavenge filters. The price was OK so I picked it up but
wasn't entirely comfortable with going to the extreme in
Vintage. I was still working on oil pumps and flow.
Later, I picked up a Peterson 3 gallon tank from E-bay, (paid too much)
thinking that if I went to dry sump someday I'd be ready,
Years go by and I explore all the niches,crooks and crannies and still am
not satisfied with the oiling in the GT6 motor.
After the last event, coasting to a stop at a turn workers station, I said
enough! Let's do the dry sump!
So, to today.
The pump was already good. It will mount where the alternator was before. I
already had a 1" Gilmer belt setup running the water pump (with a 1/2" belt)
so that part is complete. Several years ago I cobbled an alloy dry sump pan
that is now endlessly WAITING a welder to finish a revision intended to
include a tangental crank scraper. The tank is mounted to the roll bar hoop
on
the passenger side and there's now a set of Weaver bulkhead fittings on the
firewall. As soon as I can win the lottery or get a mortgage on the house I
can buy -12 plumbing to connect it all together. There's a new canton filter
with -12 fittings and a 19 row cooler to fit somewhere up front. That's about
all I see. Can't wait to see what I've overlooked.
Cripes, it's amazing how diminutive the old -8 lines look now.
Steve
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