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it is nowhere near the baffling offered by the Aviad and others. I have an oil scraper and windage tray. With the small baffle the pan offers and the 10qt capacity I cannot image enough G forces that push 10qts of oil into my crank causing oil starvation.
Do I reccomend it? I would say spend the extra dough and get the overkill pan. Cheap insuarance as Jack always says.[/B]
Right, the crank will not catch up 10 quarts of oil. That way you allways have oil at the pic up. The problem is, if the protection is done by a larger quantities of oil, it is reverse understood that some of the 10 quarts is up in the crank.
The baffling, not by extra oil should perform the protection. As Jack points out, we don�t like "oil worms".
We have two main oil control factors.
1. Getting the oil away from the working engine as effective as possible.
2. Keeping the "stored oil" at the pick-up. And, MAKING IT STAY THERE.
1. Is done by scrapers and widage tray.
2. Is done by trap doors and baffling.
One of the big benefits with a dry-sump is, that there is NO OIL IN THE PAN. That is different from 10 quarts! If we really need 10 quarts or more of oil, for a long distance race, DRY-sump, should be used. Especially in a low mounted sport scar engine application. Where a deep pan could not be used.
I am very much aware that it is a pain to find a good oil-pan. And one might use a bigger pan as a second alternative. But this is different from the understanding of what we should be looking for.
I am VERY sorry if I am disturbing by keep
on talking about this oiling issue. But I find it important.
Kind regards
Goran Malmberg.