David said:
> The idea is to suck the oil out of the bottom of the engine a little
faster
> than it gets there <
Patent that idea quick and you have your own oil well....
Guy
----- Original Message -----
From "David Lieb" <dbl at chicagolandmgclub.com>
To: "Spridget List" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 3:04 AM
Subject: Re: Dry Sump
> Frank,
> You neglected to tell Larry how to pull the drain plug to create the dry
> sump! Could you try to be a LITTLE helpful?
> The theory behind dry-sumping is that all of that oil sloshing around in
the
> sump can affect the balance of the rotating assembly and also is less than
> perfect at maintaining a constant flow of pressurized oil to the engine
> under competition conditions (especially circle-track).
> The idea is to suck the oil out of the bottom of the engine a little
faster
> than it gets there and transfer it to an external tank whence it gets
pumped
> back into the engine.
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