KT,
Forgot about the trailer. Two cents from the turn left community. First,
our tank is about 8" higher than the pump. The pump is located even with
the oil pan. This will keep the lines full. You will see a slight delay in
getting oil pressure no matter how much you prime the system. Ours is about
a second or so. Pretty un-nerving. Also, we are using 2 bands and 2 probes
to heat the oil. Cuts our heat-up time to an hour or so (or in your case 2
diet cokes and a couple winston lights). We run -16 lines to and from the
tank as well as an oil cooler. Our capacity is 14 qts - yours may be less.
On the heating subject, I saw something at our last race in Lakeland, FL
last week. A guy got caught heating the rear-end oil before qualifying.
Seems he had a probe heater stuck in the vent on the center section. I
can't see the advantage in round track unless you tape up the rear cooler,
but in our case, might be some extra rear hp. Just a thought - not that I
would do such a thing (time to re-wire the heaters and put a real vent in!).
Take care,
Jim
>From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
>Reply-To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
>To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Dry sump mounting
>Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 18:08:27 -0600
>
>I have a question about the Mounting location for a Drysump Tank..... can
>it
>be lower then the Pump?
>
>Here is my current situation.... the Pump is about level with the Mid point
>in the tank... about 3" below were the oil return lines go in.... and about
>8" higher then the Oil pick up in the bottom of the tank.....
>
>My concern is Oil draining back into the tank and having to draw Oil into
>an
>Empty Oil Pressure line everytime the car starts.... Should I put in a
>little extra line to create a trap like a sink?
>
>Keith ( scratching my head here.... Hmmm )
>
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