sump baffle

[Guest Fastfour]

Im gonna need a new sump lol

[nt_a_foz]

 Stoffa said:

I gave murry a call at possum borne motorsport today, he said the baffle they add to a factory one is all they ever recommend, he said they've never had one of their engine die from lack of oil.

at only $200 they're a whole lot cheaper than $1400 at trade for a moroso one, stupid exchange rate!

$200????

hmmm he told me 250 when i rung loll

[Jammasta]

180 Plus Gst on an exchange basis was what i got quoted.

[ReubenH]

Yep, 180 including for me as well. Perhaps cheaper when you get the whole engine built by them.

[Optical]

 nt_a_foz']

[quote name='Stoffa said:

I gave murry a call at possum borne motorsport today, he said the baffle they add to a factory one is all they ever recommend, he said they've never had one of their engine die from lack of oil.

at only $200 they're a whole lot cheaper than $1400 at trade for a moroso one, stupid exchange rate!

/quote]

$200????

hmmm he told me 250 when i rung loll

Same for me, although that price would include the modified pickup which these other guys dont seem to have

[Old Skool Subbie]

Guys that run svxs in autocross and some track racing events say they need a baffled sump etc if they havnt already fitted one.

They are good under normal driving, just doing some track wrk they get surging

[Guest]

Old thread I know, but as Tony said... oil starvation is a definite threat! As your oil exceeds 100 degrees, it becomes so thin its getting close to water... so splashes all over the place... only takes a short gulp of air to "start" causing trouble...

I religiously ran 5ltrs in my engine and never had a big end let go... and can pretty much guarantee my Gs were substantially more than "most"... (235s Bridgestone DOT race tyres, as well as most of my cars life on the R888s)

On teh big long sweepers at Taupo and Manfeild I always ran a gear higher than "what felt right" never effected my lap times, in fact kept the car a lot more settled around Dunlop onto the main straight(Manfeild) for sure.

And hard laps and your oil isnt going over 100? I would get that checked out...

Mine with the standard oil cooler reached 125 with 2 laps at manfeild... and with an EVO3 oil cooler it only gave me a few extra laps...

You would be unlikely to blow a seal also, because as the oil temp rises, your pressure drops...

The PBM kit sounds like a pretty good deal for $200. The extra baffles will definitely help. But I would still run an extra 500mls... always worked for me.

Det is a massive concern, I have seen the effects on JEs that have endured det, and even though the pistons didnt melt, the vibration caused by the Det actually cracked the pistons... that vibration is going straight to the BEBs, and thin hot oil is not helping the issue...