Since i’m now pulling > 1G on the track regularly, and as high as 1.2xGs, i decided that in order for my motor to live a long and healthy life, i needed to augment the oiling.
I saw three options:
1. Accusump - expensive, space consuming, very good.
2. Larger oil sump - LN, other
3. The new TechnoSump
The sump on any car is basically the oil pan. Its where the oil drips down to, and where the oil pump gets its supply of fresh oil. Should it run dry or slosh to the side, the oil pump sucks are and bad things happen to your bearings.
I looked at all the sumps, and most look OK. But the Technosump did everything the others did, plus it has a feature that intrigues me - it has a horizontal plate that acts as a baffle/trap for the oil that falls to the pan below. Oil simply can’t climb up the walls because the baffle is there.
Beyond that the TS, like most others, increases your sump capacity by about 2 qts, by extending the sump down, in this case with a machined spacer. More oil is always good - more additives, more sump reserve, more heat absorption, etc.
I also liked the fact that Pedro had a testing approach that passed the BS test. He actually was able to count the number of times his car went below X oil pressure on similar laps around Sebring, with and without the sump.
My test will be…. well … call me in 5 years and see how my car’s doing, okay?
The install is really pretty easy, some instruction teething pains aside (which Pedro fixed quickly by phone). The hardest part (literally) is getting the car high enough to work comfortably under - in my case about 18” to the jack points on my usual 6x6 pressure treated stock. Then its remove, swap out some simple pickup and return tubes (bolts), clean everything REALLY well, apply high temp gasket material, assemble (upside down, face to motor) and torque to spec, using the normal in-to-out alternating method for cylinder heads.
This is a kinda fun time to look inside your motor. With the oil pan off, the inside of the block, below the crankshaft, is staring at you (or at least you at it). My first thought was “wow its clean in there”. See pic:
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All went together smoothly - although we admittedly were over-staffed and over-degreed for a simple job - but everyone wanted to see how it's done, and use Grant's car as the Guinea Pig.
No leaks (yet).
no oil lights (yet)
Seems like a very good product for serious track folks.
Grant
Grant
gee-lenahan-at-gee-mail-dot-com