As long as there is pressure on the bottom of pistons going down, there will
be exactly the same pressure pushing pistons on their way up. Has to be. I
always thought (Without any real knowledge) the HP gains came from keeping
the crank out of the oil.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "joseph lance" <jolylance@earthlink.net>
> To: "Dave Dahlgren" <ddahlgren@snet.net>; "Ed Weldon"
> <23.weldon@comcast.net>; <Askotto@aol.com>
> Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 2:15 PM
> Subject: Re: Dry sump oiling HP gains
>
>
>> Yes, but you're still compressing and relaxing a pneumatic "spring" (the
>> air in the crankcase) and creating an energy loss. Which means a little
>> less horsepower
>>
>> Lance
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Dave Dahlgren" <ddahlgren@snet.net>
>> To: "Ed Weldon" <23.weldon@comcast.net>; <Askotto@aol.com>
>> Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 3:43 PM
>> Subject: RE: Dry sump oiling HP gains
>>
>>
>>> For every piston going down there is another going up... Constant volume
>>> in
>>> the crankcase..
>>> Dave
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