Keith, just because it worked before, don't
assume it was working as well as it could have.
While you have the pan off, measure it and mark
the point where the crank swings through it, then
mark how high you will allow your oil to go.
Then, with the pan on the work bench, add oil
until it reaches the level you have selected.
Write down how many quarts it took, pull out the
dip stick and the dip stick tube, and get rid of
them. You really don't need them in a motor
that's run only a couple minutes at a time. If
you start to lose a quart of oil in two or three
minutes, you'll know it without having to pull a
dip stick! Plug the dip stick hole, and just
fill the motor with your pre-determined amount of
oil before you race. When you're done racing,
drain the oil and replace it. I had a dip stick
get wrapped around a crank and torn into shrapnel
once - not a pretty sight.
Dick J
--- Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net> wrote:
> Okay I thought I would share some of the
> answers to the Oiling System
> Problems I had last weekend.
>
> Light weight oil Whips up easier then Thicker
> Oil. My thought was that it
> would get back to the pan faster and provide
> HP.... and I think it would if
> you aren't whipping it up.
>
> Cavitation of the pump can occur due to many
> things... Oil aeriation due to
> whipping the Crankshaft through Oil...( to much
> Oil ) or if the Pan and
> Pickup don't have adequate clearence. Solid
> Baffles arn't as good as Wire
> mesh Baffles in the pan and can add to Oil
> getting whipped up.
>
> A Crank scrapper might help also....
>
> and Most importantly Proper Breathing of the
> Crank case... If you can
> imagine the bottom of this engine at Rpm there
> is a Mini tornado caused from
> the Crank and Rods spinning around... the Rings
> are allowing some blow by as
> are the valve guides. All this Pressure is
> building up and not giving the
> oil much of a chance to expell it's air. Hence
> the Oil contains it's air
> and the Oil Pumps it out at a decreased
> Pressure.
>
> Okay so Now to fix the Problem... I am going to
> swap back to a Pan, Pump and
> Pick up that I know work in this Car. and as I
> am doing this I am going to
> take some measurements and Make sure I had 1/4
> to 3/8" clearence between the
> pan and pickup originally... Just to see if
> that was one of the problems.
>
> Guys Like John Beckett Run a Wet sump system
> successfully so I know it can
> be done... everything just has to be right!
>
> Keith
>
>
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