[Shad Laws]

Hello-

PLease let me know what u think of this design for a deep sump. I'm after more oil capacity in the never ending quest to keep it cool on the track.

How long are you on the track at a time? If this is a short event, like a solo or autocross or something, then it may help a little. If this is a long event, then it won't help temperatures much if anything at all. You'll still get hot at the end.

That isn't to say that a deep sump is a bad idea - it's good for other reasons, such as being able to have oil when you corner really hard. That's kinda important on a track :-).

I should get another 3 litres of oil with this. I currently run an anti surge which is brilliant but only hold about half a cup of oil extra. I've added baffles to the design

One idea: you could make the baffles into a little "cup" with holes in the bottom of it. This is exactly the way a FI fuel tank looks - there's a cup in the middle of it with a hole or two (you'd need more than just one or two baby-sized holes as oil flow is much higher than fuel flow). I dunno how hard this'll be to fabricate, though, as I don't yet see what your method is for making the bloody thing :-).


& there will also be an alooy gasket in between the sump & the case which will allow oil to pour in but not slosh out with cornering, similar to a watering can spout. It will also be Ceramic coated with a heat disapation coating to aid in cooling.

A heat dispersant coating would be nice, but at least the stuff I've dealt with is very delicate. I wouldn't put it on the inside of the sump, and on the outside, you may scrape a bunch off during use. If this isn't expensive, it'll be convenient, but if it is, I wouldn't deal with it.

To add a little cooling, I'd machine an aluminum bottom plate from billet with fins in it. Then, I'd weld this piece of aluminum to other pieces of bent aluminum sheet metal for the rest of it. Of course, this makes it harder to fabricate.... <sigh>

Take care,