Tracy Sanberg replied:
> Many years of good experience with Accusump. When rebuilding
> after two seasons the bearings look new and the crank has never
> been damaged. This has been in a high horsepower LT-1 Chevy
> smallblock ESP car.
> Advantages are many but one is that you open the valve prior to
> startup and the engine is pressurized with oil so that you never
> have a dry start situation. The reserve tank holds an additional 3
> Quarts of oil and feeds it into the engine only when the pressure
> drops below the stored pressure in the tank (normal engine
> pressure). This allows the oil pressure to be maintained in
> high G cornering etc. when the oil in the pan can move away
> from the pickup. Accusumps have rightly been referred to as a
> inexpensive dry sump. They do a great job of protecting the
> engine.
> Tracy Sandberg
> Sly Fox Racing
> P.S. I would bet the 3 Quart version with either the electric solenoid
> valve or the manual valve, not the smaller version.
it depends on the sustained 'G' loading and the size and volume of the
engine oil pump...'more' capacity <3 qts.> gives 'longer' duration of
protection....If the vehicle is capable of high enough G loading in a
'sustained skid pad condition' to uncover the pickup even the 3 qt. Accusump
could run 'dry'...but unlikely...lots of oil up inside the valve
train......and against the side of the oil pan.....they are ALWAYS a GOOD
idea....in the absence of a dry sump...
Alex Quirk TLS#2
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