In the summer, you can put your 5 gallon bucket of oil on ice in a cattle trough
in the back of yer truck for extra cooling.
new mexico jim
CLLLSLS@aol.com wrote:
> Jim,
>
> I'm installing a turbo which means lotsa oil lines outside the engine anyway.
> This engineering stuff is something I'm pretty good at. Whatever
> modifications I decide to do will be an improvement over the original. I
> don't do anything half-assed. I'm also kinda in a unique position fabricating
> all the oil lines and such because I have access to all the best seamless
> swedish SS tubing as well as every SS flare/compression fitting imaginable
> and all the 5,000 PSI braided hose I could ever need. I'm not gonna worry
> about springing an oil leak at 60 PSI on this little 270.
>
> The only real problem I can forsee might be the cam lobes not getting
> sufficent lube because the crank won't be splashing near as much oil around.
> I'm thinking I might be able to fix this by not lining the pan with catch
> screen. The 270's gonna top out at 3500, so a catch screen might not be that
> necessary. Might even have to put the scavenging pickup(s) a little above the
> bottom to allow for some oil to stay in the pan for the crank to splash,
> especially at low RPM's.
>
> The thing I really love about the dry sump systems is the external tank. I
> can have a 20 quart oil capacity. It'll cost me 80 bucks an oil change with
> synthetic though and I'll prolly have to put a heating element in the tank
> for winter driving.
>
> Dustin
> 50 & 53 GMC 1/2 tons
> 48 GMC 3/4 ton
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