N90ATH
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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when are these needed and wot are the advantages?
cheers nath
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X 60RSA
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Registered: 20th Aug 01
Location: Lincoln
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Usually when you want to lower the centre of gravity in a car, eg rally car/touring cars, you have to remove the normal oil filled sump else it will be very close to the ground, so you just have a shallow sump pan and usually 2 oil pumps on that gets its oil from a seperate resevoir, probably somewhere else in the engine bay!
In a dry sump, extra oil is stored in a tank outside the engine rather than in the oil pan. One pump pulls oil from the sump and sends it to the tank, and the other takes oil from the tank and sends it to lubricate the engine. The minimum amount of oil possible remains in the engine!
[Edited on 25-12-2005 by X 60RSA]
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timrud_
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Also good for cars that spend a lot of time going sideways, or rev really high, as it regulates pressure and prevents surge.
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ed
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They're for race cars only really mate. Totally overkill on a road car!
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N90ATH
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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kk just wonderign as a few sites and ppl kept sayin recomending them to me lol hmmmm
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timrud_
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For what engine? I'd reccomend them on the very top SBD kits, or a mega ,mega power LET...
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