Bobby, talk to the guys at West Racing that build the DSR, they use a Kawasaki 1000 that uses a billet oil pan, and the stock wet sump, no dry sump pumps. Better yet look at the website. http://www.westracecars.com/ CR
fmod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Talk to the guys we turn left and right, you will get a different story! Ask Bill Gendron at Small Fortune Racing, the current builder of one of the newest and best built DRS in the USA! BobbyJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Reinhardt" To: Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 10:09 PM Subject: Re: [F500] One More Cost to Consider for a Bike Motor > The only reason why the pans HAVE to be replaced is because of the > clearance. The Microsprint guys ran stock pans and oil systems in all the > Honda F2/F3 motors with no bottom end failures, and they run modified alky > motors. The latest style road race motors use a very deep pan to prevent > oil starving when the bike is leaned way over... > There are several billet and modified stock pans that are available for > the 600 motors. > If you had no rule regarding oil systems, it would be to your advantage > to run a dry sump, they make better power. > > CR > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I found this out from a M/C DSR driver: > One more cost to remember is that the stock oil pan HAS to be replaced > with > either a special pan or a dry sump ($$$) because the motor no longer leans > over in the curves and the result is catastrophic oil starvation!! > Just add this to you total cost of owning a bike motor. > > Jim > > > > ************************************** AOL now offers free email to > everyone. > Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. > ________________________________ > FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 > The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing > Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 > _________________________________ > > > > --------------------------------- > Be a PS3 game guru. > Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! > Games. --------------------------------- Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
