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Help me think through this new wet sump idea
I'm looking for a way to keep the wet sump system in my EZ36 H6 and still have it work well in road race conditions. I don't want to build a deeper / larger pan that would protrude down below the belly pan.
The following fixes don't appear to be viable for the EZ platform:
- Baffled oil pan (not enough room in the pan)
- Arc Tangent type oil plate (upper oil pan integrated into block, no way to mount)
- Flop tube type pan (not enough room in the pan)
What if I make a pan with dual pickups, one in the far left and one in the far right sides of the pan. A device to block the pickup not submerged in oil during hard cornering would be needed. I'm thinking a Christen Oil Drain Valve type device. These are used in acrobatic aircraft that fly upside down. In this application it would be used horizontally instead of vertically.
In the picture below you see an airplane engine in normal and inverted operation. Focus on the Christen 802 valve part.
If viable, you could even use Killer B's Oil Control Valve as it's based on the same concept. I have an email into them to see if they think its a viable use of their device.
What are your thoughts?
Last edited by Hobby Racer; 01-09-2020 at 12:13 PM.
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