LT4 oil starvation thread....
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Safety Car
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From: Somewhere nowhere
LT4 oil starvation thread....
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=462419
I never heard of this before....
figure I should post it here because I don't visit the other section toooo often......
I never heard of this before....
figure I should post it here because I don't visit the other section toooo often......
Burning Brakes
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Re: LT4 oil starvation thread.... (larryfs)
The only reason BUck is having the problem is because he Auto Xs and does track events. He is pulling enough lateral Gs that the oil is moving away from the oil pick up in the pan. For most people this is not a problem but if you drive hard at the cars limit you can run into this
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Safety Car
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Re: LT4 oil starvation thread
I've done both, only very few times. guess I'm lucky since I never heard of this LT4 problem before........
and I just did a search, and nothing came up here.....
[Modified by larryfs, 3:24 AM 1/3/2003]
and I just did a search, and nothing came up here.....
[Modified by larryfs, 3:24 AM 1/3/2003]
Melting Slicks
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Re: LT4 oil starvation thread
I know of plenty of LT-1 f-bodies that this has happened to, including mine, on the road course. At the road course in Memphis I know of 4 different cars that have spun rod bearings coming out of turn 2 and 3. The pans are different than the Vette pan but not that much in design.
Melting Slicks
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Re: LT4 oil starvation thread (larryfs)
so is anyone running the accusump or canton oil pan?
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Safety Car
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Re: LT4 oil starvation thread (racerns)
I would ask you if you had to jack up the motor to get it in there, but I'm sure the F-body frame is a tad different.
I like the idea of the GS F-body. definately 1 of a kind !
I like the idea of the GS F-body. definately 1 of a kind !
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Safety Car
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Re: LT4 oil starvation thread (larryfs)
I have the Canton RR pan and Accusump. On the C4, one piece rear main seal pan it holds 6 quarts. They call it a 7 qt. system because you add one more for the filter. Between those two components, the lines and the cooler, I've got ~ 11 1/2 quarts of Mobil 1 in my veins. ;)