Interesting....does anyone know what years, if any, 8V GTIs came with the/a factory baffle? Is there a difference between the 8V/16V baffle?
Phillip T. 91GTI8V 87AudiCGT > -----Original Message----- > From: Hauptmann, Eric [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 11:11 AM > To: 'DocWyte'; Hauptmann, Eric; [email protected]; > Steve Work (E-mail) > Subject: RE: [a2-16v-list] Schrick/Autotech Aluminum Oil Pan > > > 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 _______________________________________________ a2-16v-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list For list archives, see listinfo link above.
