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Re: Re[2]: A Series engine breathing

To: Silikal@aol.com
Subject: Re: Re[2]: A Series engine breathing
From: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 08:35:34 -0500
  
>What if one used a sump evacuation system, but put a catch tank inline?
>IOW, both the sump and the catch tank would see a vacuum from the
>exhaust; but if the engine started pumping oil, it would fill the catch tank
>before going out the exhaust.  At the point it would start going out the
>exhaust, it would have overflowed a regular catch tank anyway.
>
>Just asking,
>Dave Williamson  (silikal@aol.com)
>
>
I think that this is better than just going to the header, but would still
be illegal under CASC and SCCA rules.  The rule makers have a black and
white view of the world, while races see all things as shades of gray!  If
you want vacuum in the sump, why not just run an oversize dry-sump pump and
get vacuum that way?
Brian Evans
Director, General Sales
UUNET Canada Inc.
20 Bay Street, Suite 1910
Toronto, ON, M5J 2N8


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