JD;
If I ever have an opportunity to pick up one of those round aluminum
Oberg "UFO" oil filters for a reasonable price I'll do it. I'd like to
be able to check the screen for debris, too.
How deep was the wet- sump pan that you had oil pressure problems with?
My 383 Donovan has a 7 3/4" aluminum Steff's wet- sump pan. The other
one (355 Donovan) is dry sump.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: James Tone [mailto:James.Tone@AES.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 10:39 AM
To: Albaugh, Neil; land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: What's in your crankcase?
Neil,
I have been using a System One cleanable filer for years. I started
buying them at swap meets, very reasonable I think I have 6 now. Gives
me a chance to look at the screens between passes; 2 or 3 screens are
available. Some just keep out the "big chunks". My concern is the ball
check bypass which I clean every time but wonder how much is being
bypassed especially with the pressures we seem to think we need.
I'm going to an external pump with my new engine and I will keep the
pressure down from typical settings. My stock internal pump gave me 45
pounds at 5700 rpm and I never had any bearing problems in the past.
The nitro motor had 80 at the 5 mile with a big Barnes pump and a
redesigned oil pan. Prior to the pan change we were lucky to have 40 at
the 3; thanks to a great driver we never had bearing problems. I still
worry about that bypass in our "full flow" systems. J.D.
Subject: RE: What's in your crankcase?
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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