Not sure if we're both on the same page but the dry sump system wants a
minimum amount of vacuum as well as the pressure oiling. I expect to run
about 17 to 20" vacuum on my V6. Some NASCAR builders run well above 24"
(till they suck the oil through the valves).
Grib
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-----Original Message-----
From: Glenn Ridlen [mailto:gridlen@yahoo.com]
Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 3:54 PM
To: DrMayf; Russel Mack; Dave Dahlgren
Cc: rgribble; land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Dry sump
Mayf
Don't think I would put a fuse in that circuit but......think about
it.....volume only needs to be enough to lubricate at max RPM....any
more just carries heat off the bearings...hmmmmm...wonder how much 12v
dc (or 24v) power req'd.
Glenn
DrMayf <drmayf@teknett.com> wrote:
Hey, this is interesting! For a wet sump engine or for that matter a dry
sump with an external scavenge and supply pump the horsepower to drive
it
should go up with rpm. Has to bypass more also, I would think. An
electric
drive coupd be set up to provide the amount of oil needed at peak rpm
and no
more. But blow a fuse and zowie. COurse you could have one of those shut
down switches hooked to the oil pressure?
Keep talkin, you experts, I'm learning here!
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