Re: [T3] sumps the same?

[David Yaghoubian <goob@adelphia.net>]

At 06:31 AM 11/30/2005, Jim wrote:
> This sump would become the lowest
> part on your car, other than the tires. If 
> you should ever hit something substantial on the road, it would likely
> destroy 
> your engine. I know we'll have people popping up now and saying that they
> love 
> theirs and have never had any problems with it, and I agree that such
> problems 
> are rare, but it only takes one bad encounter to ruin your whole
> day.
>
> So, for a street car, since the cooling and oil supply is already fine, I
> just 
> don't see the point.

The ground clearance issue is why I have never considered one before, and
why I am still a bit paranoid about it, but here's my problem... to keep
up with the regular flow of traffic on Hwy 10 I need to be able to cruise
in the 80-85 mph range for extended periods... sometimes on hot
days.  On the 1.5 hour drive to LA from here people absolutely haul
ass, and if you are in the carpool lane you are expected to keep pace
with the fast lane! This means regularly cruising 3500+ rpms. I have
ruled out a taller 4th (or 5th) gear to bring those revs down, as the
conventional wisdom (perhaps the wisdom-wisdom... I don't know enough
about it to determine) is that this would cause the engine to overheat,
so better to run at higher rpm on a stock tranny and try to mitigate
potential oil overheating and starvation problems that could result. The
new engine and full-flow/cooler system is now dialed in completely, and
thus I don't have any cooling issues to speak of. However, despite the
extra capacity added by the full flow and cooler, I do not have extra
sump capacity/reserve, and this concerns me when I turn down the music
and hear that engine screaming (albeit beautifully ;) in the
background...

Dave



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