josh, About the windage tray, you say it integrates with the oil pan gasket but i was wondering if it will cause the oil pan to be "lower"? If so, will that affect the oil pick-up? I know that the oil pick-up extends into the "dimple" on the oil pan so if the windage tray adds a little thickness, will you see a problem with oil starvation during hard cornering?
Just curious. Thanks, Eric -----Original Message----- From: DocWyte [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 7:49 AM To: D. Spratte; [email protected] Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] Schrick/Autotech Aluminum Oil Pan You might as well put in the windage tray. They're cheap and integrate the oil pan gasket that you'd have to buy anyways. What kind of oil temps do you see? My GLI rarely gets over 214 degrees. Even on the track this summer I didn't get over 234. I have an oil cooler sitting in my basement, but with those temps I don't see the need to install it... -josh --- "D. Spratte" <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm going to be replacing my oil pump and pan gasket > shortly. I've got a > flickering idiot light at idle, so I'm looking to > replace the pump before I > have to replace the bottom end. > > my plan is to do useful upgrades when I have to > repair stuff. But from the > comments on this list it seems like all that pan > stuff isn't the best place > to invest. > > I am intending to auto-x the car and do some track > events. My first driving > school will be next month. > > So instead I'll wait until summer and get an oil > cooler to deal with the > Carolina heat. > > This list is a great resource. It stops a complete > noob like me from > learning everything the expensive way. > ===== Josh Wyte Momentum Motorsports 508-833-3024 After 5 pm EST __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ a2-16v-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list For list archives, see listinfo link above.
