[Shotimes] knife edge crank

[James White]

Wasn't Smokey the guy who filled the entire roll cage with NO2 for the last
sprint to the finish?

regards Jim White - greensho@crown.net

----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin & Cheryl Airth <clubairth@peoplepc.com>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 10:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] knife edge crank


> Yes. It is a very expensive on the edge mod. I think you would be
splitting
> hairs and the power increase would be very tiny! Besides all the other
> things you would need to watch out for.
>  Your right it won't hit a standing puddle of oil but inside the crankcase
> of a running engine and especially a high RPM engine like the SHO, the oil
> will be a froth and the entire crankcase acts like it filled completely
with
> a low viscosity fluid. So scrapers, Windage trays, top end oil restrictors
> plugs, vacuum pump setups and knife edging the crank are all trying to get
> at the same thing. Oil control. So I would definitely go to a dry sump oil
> system with multiple scavenging pumps before jumping to the knife edge
crank
> counter weights. But if class rules prohibit the dry sump (this is mostly
a
> racing mod anyway) then I would fall back to the less effective methods of
> oil control.
>
>
> PS: Smokey is a engine god! A good ole boy who will blow you doors off!
They
> number of things he is credited with is just unbelievable. The most
> interesting part about Smokey is the rumor that his best stuff has NEVER
> been revealed because it won him so many races. To me his ultimate was the
> 9/10ths scale 1967 Chevelle he built for NASCAR. This car is totally
> responsible for the body templates that NASCAR now checks EVERY car with.
> Who would have thought of this stuff?? This was 35 years ago!
> Beware of men in cowboy hats!
> .
> .
>
>
> > Haven't we had this conversation before?
> >
> > I thought the crank NEVER hit a standing sump of oil - in fact there are
> > baffles to prevent it from doing so...
> >
> > If the crank was submerged in oil, I can see a benefit to knife edging,
> but
> > it's not!
> >
> > (Or am I missing something?)
> >
> > Mark
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