Dry Sump......
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Originally Posted by slick rick,Oct 28 2004, 06:24 PM
I'd be interested if it was in the 1500 range
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$1500 range??
Dude! Take a look around and price out the 3 main components, pump, pan and tank. Hell, the pump is around $700 and the pan is around $400. Add to that the tank, belt drive hw, oil filter hw, AN fittings and hose. Oh and dont forget the mounting bracket and the oem oil pump block off plate. I know i'm forgetting a few items.
Dude! Take a look around and price out the 3 main components, pump, pan and tank. Hell, the pump is around $700 and the pan is around $400. Add to that the tank, belt drive hw, oil filter hw, AN fittings and hose. Oh and dont forget the mounting bracket and the oem oil pump block off plate. I know i'm forgetting a few items.
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Originally Posted by davepk,Oct 28 2004, 09:26 PM
I know i'm forgetting a few items.
EDIT: come to think of it, couldn't you sell the engine mounts as an "option"?
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seeing how a new motor is a bit under 5k new or 2.5k used its a drop in the bucket.
The engine mounts won't do you any good w/o the oil pan.
The engine mounts won't do you any good w/o the oil pan.
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I've been toying around in my head an idea for a hybrid wetsump/drysump setup that should be quite a bit less then what we are doing now.
Basicly add an external single stage pump and drysump tank and keep the oem pump as a scavenge pump.
Basicly add an external single stage pump and drysump tank and keep the oem pump as a scavenge pump.
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I'd look into the prop shaft angles being to great if you lower the engine too much, as well as exhaust clearance. Just some food for thought.
A dry sump is too hardcore for me, but I sure would like to see one.
A dry sump is too hardcore for me, but I sure would like to see one.
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Lowering the motor helps to lower the CG of the car. Its something like for every inch you lower 100lbs you increase your lateral G limit by 0.1g I probably have the values wrong but you get the idea. Its one of the primary benifits of going to a dry sump system.