AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE TUNA CAN, Or At Least What I Did Options

[Type 4 Unleashed]

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.

[Jake Raby]

The sump on my 2316 Hybrid hasn't bottomed yet... I live on a dirt road that climbs the side of a mountain and has rocks bigger than the 914 that I crawl over twice a day on average. The sump is firmly attached to the ase, unlike a tuna can that hangs off the pick up tube only. My deep sump hangs les trhan 1/4 lower than the engine mount bar.

As for the engine being oil cooled:
I have accomplished testing on the dyno with engines that had a super amount of oil in the valve covers and the same test with hardly any- head temps did not change even after a full 40 minute test. It is possible to have heads running at the melting point and oil thats only warm at best, they are impacted by different forces and not dependant upon each other.