There is a reason for drysumps in state of the art DSR's.
The fast drivers tried to get away with deep pans and baffles and found
through bitter experience that they couldn't.
End of story.
Beasley,Stohr, Small fortune,etc all include drysumps.
Now, that doesn't necessarily carry over to F500 with
the lower cornering forces in this class :->
Chuck
From: "Steven Dodd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [F500] Oil pans & pumps
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 04:38:56 -0500
No Chris, drysumps aren't necessarily evil, just EXPENSIVE. You are correct
sir, there are several deep pans for roadracing but that doesn't mean they
work. Lots of stuff sold via info-mercials proves product don't need to
be effective to be sold. You missed "the point" of what I was saying. Its
all about price and feasability. If you have to order a pan, then take
the bike motor to your local shop have a "roadrace" pan installed you have
started down an expensive path. Again, If you have to order a high volume
pump for your new snazzy pan or an entire dry sump system, you're then at
or above the cost of one our current engines. That was my point. And yes,
we can move on......but its easier to move with an engine that has oil.
Chris wrote:
Steve, others again, there are several purpose built non drysump pans out
there
for motorcycle auto road racing applications.... Drysumps are not
nessicary
evil.
Can we move on???
CR
Steven Dodd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Gentlemen, The oil pan debate (stock vs deep vs pressurised/accusump) is
a
perfect example of the crazy path that some are venturing down. Jay just
heralded in favor of a "deep oil pan" to keep it "cheap" . C'mon, wake up
this is a great example of immediate departure from stock bike motors and
thus, bigger dollars. And, to Chris R, our cars are not micro sprints. We
turn left, right and brake. We cant just go with a deep pan and call
everything good. Most GT cars run pressurised systems because of the danger
of starvation. You think we pull less cornering forces than they do?
If you don't see the dangers of this soon becoming a high dollar class READ
your GCR . Now moncoques are allowed. Bike engines maybe next. I bet Lee
Stohr can build you a heck of a monocoque bike motor car if you pony up the
necessary bucks. I bet Jay would too.
Be thankful that your current cars are faster and lighter than anything
else
under 35k new. Go have some fun.
Steven Dodd
Texas
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