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I had oil pickup issues with my 1911 when I had it in the car. It had the stock oil baffles and oil pump. I would run out of oil pressure about 3/4 the way through a 270 degree on ramp. The car handles well.
I have a 2270 which has had the baffles removed, which should help. Should I just give it a try, or is there a low profile sump that would be good insurance to add at this point?
With the approx. 300lb body off, I have 11" of clearance under the motor case. Bouncing on the pan shows the first 2" of travel as being pretty compliant. The total weight is probably 1700 lb with the steel I'm adding around the floor perimeter.
I'm working on the pan right now, and planning to get this beast on the road next month.
Before I added a deep sump to my 2270 RAT powered bug, I saw 0 psi slumps on my datalogger when taking hard corners while the vdo gauge just showed a momentary drop, but not zero. The VDO gauges (and others probably) are designed to react slowly. If you like lateral G's and have a T4, get one!
I just added an accusump (Accumulator) to my autocross car. Puts oil back into the system under pressure when the system pressure drops. This is the first one ive used but after rod bearing problems before i think it is a good protection measure for a track car. The sump will help but the accumulator seems to be the standard for road race setups. I may even put one on the dry sump setup in my sand car.
Been busy, the llittle town I'm Mayor of landed a Huge 800 acre development project Ive been working on for 3 years now. Ive got one staff member and my wife to help out along with my business to run and a Dad who is starting to enjoy some time off. Been racing with the scca for the last couple seasons and flying some combat. I was close to your shop last spring, went to see the relatives in Dahlonga and Cuming. Left the north route out towards Gatlinburg but the wife got sick on the winding mountain roads near clevland.
The wife and boys are buggin me to take some time off and finish the buggy. It is next on the list for completion. Just need to make new pushrods for the motor yet, freshen up the trans and finish the body mods. I got a good start on it last winter then cut the end off a finger building a new paint booth for my Body man. Took it with me to the hospital and made them put it back on so all is well but i am definatly behind. Ever try arguing with a nurse over what hand your finger came off of? I was pretty certain i knew what hand it was.
Anyway, I stop in here once a week or so to keep up on things. I will be back to bugin you this fall when I get back to finishing the project.
Ephry73 wrote:How much harder is the accusump to implement? That may even help when braking in engines and cams.
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Easy. you only have to "T" into the pressure side of the system. It can be mounted almost anywhere. It accumulates oil when there is pressure and puts it back into the system when the pressure drops. all you need is a good tap spot after the pump.
Do a google on accusump or canton racing products. they have some good info on them. They are also used as a pre-oiler when you go to start the engine
Think of it as a ballon, when there is pressure the ballon holds oil. when the pressuer drops, it gives it back. I picked up a couple on e-bay pretty cheap with the electric controll valve instead of the manual one.
The car handles well.
