Elon;
Dry sump oil tanks are usually round-- the oil is pumped back into the
tank at a tangent and this causes the oil to swirl around on the inside
wall of the tank and this adds to the effects of the baffles.
Rectangular oil tanks lack this important feature.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of 3 liter
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 11:51 PM
To: land-speed submit
Subject: Dry Sump Musings (no.1)
List and Jim: Sorry about the delay but I have tried to send this 3
times.
I will break it into two parts, maybe it will go through. -Elon
...Look inside of your tank and you will see numerous
baffles that the returning oil will spill on to. The principal uses
surface
tension. The idea is to apply the thinnest film of oil as possible over
the
largest surface area as possible. The air bubble in the oil film is
released due to weakened film-strength and (hopefully) the oil collects
at
the bottom of the tank as a pure liquid to be pumped back to the
engine....
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