He has an 8V that has no baffle, but supposedly the 16V come with a small baffle that clips on the oil pump pick up tube. That's what he wants to use. it's not an after-market baffle.
-----Original Message----- From: DocWyte [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 11:06 AM To: Hauptmann, Eric; [email protected]; Steve Work (E-mail) Subject: RE: [a2-16v-list] Schrick/Autotech Aluminum Oil Pan I don't think the factory baffle is worth bothering with. I've never starved my 16v with all my auto-x and track school driving. No baffle, no windage tray. Just make sure you have the proper amount of oil in the pan. -josh --- "Hauptmann, Eric" <[email protected]> wrote: > The one he was hoping to use is reportedly the > factory baffle used on 16v > cars and clips on the oil pump pick up tube. > > It looks like there would not be enough clearance to > use both the windage > tray AND this baffle. > > As for the oil starvation concern, he is going to be > in there replacing the > oil pan so figured all it could do was help. this > car is used for AutoX and > the track so the oil will be moving around. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: DocWyte [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 10:26 AM > To: Hauptmann, Eric; [email protected]; > Steve Work (E-mail) > Subject: RE: [a2-16v-list] Schrick/Autotech Aluminum > Oil Pan > > > Depends on the design of the oil pump baffle. Some > will fit, some won't. So then it will be one or the > other. > > Why the worrying about oil pump starvation? Are you > doing circle track racing? > > -josh > > > --- "Hauptmann, Eric" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Josh, > > > > Can the windage tray can be used in conjunction > with > > an oil pump baffle. My > > brother is planning on putting both of them on his > > '87 8V GTI. He has not > > taken the pan off yet...but it looks like the > > windage tray could interfere > > with the installation of the baffle onto the oil > > pump. This would make it a > > one or the other proposition....in which case > he'll > > go with the oil pump > > baffle. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Eric > > > ===== > 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. ===== 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
