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RE: Wisdom of the List --- Oil Pump

To: "drmayf" <drmayf@mayfco.com>, "LSR" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: Wisdom of the List --- Oil Pump
From: "Dave Dahlgren" <ddahlgren@snet.net>
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 10:22:21 -0400
You may not be interested in them or want to hear about them but in all honesty 
it is what you need..
The dry sump setup that is. You can get most of it used for 50 cents on a 
dollar at worst and it is a buy it once sort of thing and never worry about it 
again..
Dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of drmayf
> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 12:22 PM
> To: LSR
> Subject: Wisdom of the List --- Oil Pump
> 
> 
> Well, I may be in line for a new oil pump on the Sunbeam. If I need to 
> replae it, what is the list's opinion regarding oil pumps (wet sump 
> kind). I have 2 turbos that need to be fed but that is basically the 
> only extra for the pump to handle.  Should I be looking for a high 
> pressure unit, a high volume unit or a combo of both or maybe an OEM 
> vesion. My pressure hit 100 psig yesterday at only 5000 rpm and that may 
> be the source of the smoke fomthe exhaust pipes at WOD: pressure blows 
> oil through the turbine seal into the down pipe. This couls also be part 
> of a difference in reading from my commanded AFR to what I actually got 
> on my wideband O2. It was reading really rich, lower than commanded by a 
> couple of points.
> 
> Anyhoo, tell me about oilpumps. No I am not yet interested in dry sump 
> so no information or suggestions needed in that area ...yet...
> 
> mayf, out over up down in pahrump depending on where you are...

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