AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE TUNA CAN, Or At Least What I Did |
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AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE TUNA CAN, Or At Least What I Did |
Type 4 Unleashed |
May 19 2005, 01:57 AM
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CREATIVE TYPE lV ENGINEERING Group: Retired Members Posts: 787 Joined: 20-June 04 From: Aliso Viejo, ca Member No.: 2,231 Region Association: None |
I, yanked my motor yestergay, tore it down to the case, I was doing a rering and head swap, well today, I couldn't help my self, I split the case, figured what the heck, and I remembered talk on here about tuna cans. I tried one once, didn't like it.
These baffles, help keep the oil from rushing from side to side during hard corning, they actually, direct oil to the pickup, I leave about an 1/4" space on the bottom and ends, to allow the oil level to equalize in the sump, when the motor is off to get an accurate dip shit reading. I have no pressure lose, during hard corning(i.e. green light when you go around a corner really fast). Just thought I'd share this, and to see what opinions are provoked. Attached image(s) |
914werke |
May 19 2005, 12:16 PM
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"I got blisters on me fingers" Group: Members Posts: 10,140 Joined: 22-March 03 From: USofA Member No.: 453 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
QUOTE BTW- The engine is not oil cooled any more than any other, your heads are not submerged in oil are they?? Proper lubrication decreases friction, which decreases heat being generated- think about it.. I dont necessarily agree with that statement, perhaps with the T4 design but if you take for instance the early MC GSXR mill for example at 3/4 ltr. it DOES creatively use oil to cool the head in conjunction with Finning and produces (in my case) 132HP. So Jake you didnt directly answer the question:in other that full race applications does the application of holes in the WT and baffles you mention benefit oil in sump retention? Im of the belief Deep sumps are not universally embraced on the street because of their potential for bottoming <!-- emo&:smash: -->(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smash.gif)<!-- endemo --> |
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