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Posted by: Jetsetsurfshop Oct 20 2013, 10:24 AM

I'm installing an Accusump in my track car and want to put it behind the passengers seat. I still need the seat for DE and want to know if i'm going to cook the instructor?
Any thoughts?

Posted by: Randal Oct 20 2013, 11:38 AM

I run the big unit and it pretty much follows the temperature of oil, given that the unit is aluminum. Although it takes a while to get hot, unless the unit is pushing oil out and recovering hot oil, like in cornering.

For DE's, if you put it behind the passenger seat think you will definitely create a "hot foot" situation.

The unit fits nicely in the trunk

Posted by: kg6dxn Oct 20 2013, 02:01 PM

If it is working correctly, charging and discharging oil... It should get as hot as the oil...

Posted by: Jetsetsurfshop Oct 20 2013, 04:19 PM

Thanks guys. Seen them in the cab before, but there was no passenger seat.

Posted by: ThePaintedMan Oct 20 2013, 04:24 PM

Hey Shane,
I'm not sure if this matters to you, but that would make the car no longer road-legal, at least in Florida. Can't have engine fluids entering the driver compartment. I'm not sure what tech implications there are either - I think PCA would be cool with it though.

Posted by: r_towle Oct 20 2013, 04:31 PM

I would not want hot oil from either the lines or the pump in the passenger compartment....

Posted by: Jetsetsurfshop Oct 20 2013, 05:27 PM

George,
Didn't know that about Florida. I never liked the idea of it being in the cab with me anyways. Just wanted to use the space behind the seat. It fit so nicely. It's trunk bound now.
Thanks,
Shane

Posted by: Jetsetsurfshop Oct 20 2013, 05:29 PM

It just fit there so nice.

Posted by: r_towle Oct 20 2013, 06:17 PM

Fits fine in the rear trunk also...roof still fits.

Posted by: SLITS Oct 21 2013, 08:42 AM

We ran one along side the tunnel, passenger side, in SCCA for 15 years. Never had a problem. It was placed there so the driver could access the shutoff valve.

Actually, it was a hydraulic accumulator from the wing of a Boeing 707/727 (don't remember) rated at 3000 psig.