Hey, this is interesting! For a wet sump engine or for that matter a dry
sump with an external scavenge and supply pump the horsepower to drive it
should go up with rpm. Has to bypass more also, I would think. An electric
drive coupd be set up to provide the amount of oil needed at peak rpm and no
more. But blow a fuse and zowie. COurse you could have one of those shut
down switches hooked to the oil pressure?
Keep talkin, you experts, I'm learning here!
mayf
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Ridlen" <gridlen@yahoo.com>
To: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>; "Dave Dahlgren"
<ddahlgren@snet.net>
Cc: "rgribble" <rgribble@carolina.rr.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 10:37 AM
Subject: RE: Dry sump
> Russ
> What do you mean "total loss"? I can see the electric drive would save
some HP. Do you have any numbers on the HP gain, HP required to drive pump
or net gain, either engine driven or electric.
>
Glenn
> Russel Mack <rtmack@concentric.net> wrote:I'd like to point-out that you
can gain significant HP with a dry-sump if
> you are brave enough (or desperate enough!) to run it electric-drive, on a
> total-loss system. Of course, the engine reliability gains can go away in
a
> hurry, if you hit a "bad luck" day!
> Russ, #1226B
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