 Windage tray - yes or no?, For street 2056 build. |
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| Dtjaden |
 Feb 14 2014, 07:28 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 232 Joined: 25-May 13 From: Morgan Hill, CA Member No.: 15,915 Region Association: Northern California  |
Should I install a windage tray in my 2056 engine street build? Pros, cons. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/evilgrin.gif)
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| mrbubblehead |
Feb 14 2014, 08:26 PM
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Twodollardoug Group: Members Posts: 1,155 Joined: 17-December 10 From: calimesa ca. Member No.: 12,492 Region Association: Southern California |
if your keeping it stock/wet sump i would. if your going dry sump then yank it.
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| McMark |
Feb 14 2014, 09:39 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,180 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
Sure. At sustained high rpm it can restrict flow back to the sump. But not an issue in a street car.
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| Java2570 |
Feb 14 2014, 09:43 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 649 Joined: 7-May 11 From: Fishers, IN Member No.: 13,035 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
I'm doing a 2056 build using a 1.7 W serial # case; it doesn't have provision for a windage tray. If it did, I'd stick one in but as it doesn't I'm not sweating it.
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| euro911 |
Feb 15 2014, 12:04 AM
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Retired & living the dream. God help me if I wake up! Group: Members Posts: 8,911 Joined: 2-December 06 From: So.Cal. & No.AZ (USA) Member No.: 7,300 Region Association: Southern California 
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Really? ... 1.7 cases don't have trays?
I'll be digging into my wife's motor soon ... really interested in what we'll find when we open it up - everybody who has ridden in or driven it swears it's bigger than a 1.7 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) I've seen tray modifications that allow a greater volume of oil to flow though. |
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| Java2570 |
Feb 15 2014, 08:10 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 649 Joined: 7-May 11 From: Fishers, IN Member No.: 13,035 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
My case is from '70 I think; perhaps they added them later on but I was thinking only the 2.0L cases had the slots for the trays. I know my 2.0L has one......
Maybe adding a tuna can oil sump extension would be a good halfway point? I've seen a lot of opinions on both sides of the fence....seems like most folks, if they do put them in, modify them anyway. |
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| nathansnathan |
Feb 15 2014, 09:22 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,052 Joined: 31-May 10 From: Laguna Beach, CA Member No.: 11,782 Region Association: None |
I know the EA 1.7 cases I've split have windage trays. I have 3 of them that do. Bus cases don't have the slots sometimes I've read.
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| Java2570 |
Feb 15 2014, 10:43 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 649 Joined: 7-May 11 From: Fishers, IN Member No.: 13,035 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
So perhaps after '72 it was added to the 1.7 cases? One would think the Bus would've
benefited from having the tray... |
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| JFJ914 |
Feb 15 2014, 11:02 AM
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Senior Member Group: Benefactors Posts: 813 Joined: 13-June 03 From: Alpharetta, GA Member No.: 814 Region Association: South East States 
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QUOTE(euro911 @ Feb 15 2014, 01:04 AM)  Really? ... 1.7 cases don't have trays? "W" cases don't have the windage tray mounting recess. "EA" do. |
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| Olympic 914 |
Feb 15 2014, 11:24 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 1,738 Joined: 7-July 11 From: Pittsburgh PA Member No.: 13,287 Region Association: North East States
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My '73 1.7 case has the tray. I think it is a EA case...
I saw someone that had drilled a couple extra holes in theirs I think it was one per quarter. any real benefit to this? Or maybe I should ask any detriment to doing this... |
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| Dtjaden |
Feb 15 2014, 04:00 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 232 Joined: 25-May 13 From: Morgan Hill, CA Member No.: 15,915 Region Association: Northern California |
Thanks everyone for your input. I decided to use the windage tray.
Now for the rest of the story. I was assembling my case and following along with Jake's type 4 assembly video. I was down to the last couple of case nuts when I realized that I had not but in the windage tray. Jake's video is for a VW type 4 and there is no windage tray in that assembly. Soo... I swore a little, split the case again, put in the windage tray and put the case back together. Ah well... If there is a moral to this story, it would have payed to make a list of assembly steps for the specific engine I was building and not blindly follow a generic video. |
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