[Deikis, John] When I built my "Works motor" last year, I did the
following, after advice from a couple of Mini Cooper racers:
I put a shelf about 1 1/2 inches wide all around the circumference
of the inside of the oil pan. Thought: to keep oil from climbing the walls
as readily in turns. I brazed it to the pan. I then used a cut-off tool
and cut a door into the existing baffle and made another "door" a little bit
bigger out of a scrap from a '78 Chevy fender. I tack-welded a little hinge
on this and then tack-welded the door-and-hinge set-up to the rear-side of
the existing baffle. Thought: on braking, oil won't slosh forward as
readily, but on accelleration it'll push through my trap door and hang out
near the oil pick-up. Then I measured how deep the crank throws go into the
pan (which is where I decided to put my little shelf) and took more of that
fender and made a sort of cover for the whole thing. I cut a bunch of slots
in it with my cut-off wheel and bent them into "downward facing louvers".
Thought: el-cheapo windage tray.
I'll be the first to admit I'm a rotten engineer, but this seemed
pretty basic. Three races last summer, and so far so good. [Deikis,
John] I am a bit worried about Chuck's "shrapnel" possibility now and wish
I had tig welded instead of brazed!
-JohnD
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