Help: Oil pan for LS3/Stroker for Tracking
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Heel & Toe
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Help: Oil pan for LS3/Stroker for Tracking
I am building a LS3-416 stroker currently and need to purchase an oil pan, I will be tracking the car some so I worry about oil pressure etc. with constant cornering.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks!
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks!
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Problems not the motor, but keeping the oil pick up tube in oil on long G turns, and not the oil G pinned to the side of the pan instead.
So accusump may help you on a quick burst when the pick up tube goes dry, but long enough sweeper and even its going to run out of oil to keep the motor pressure up.
Simply, its the reason that most high speed road course cars, are Dry sump motors. On a C6 dry sump, you have about 2 quarts of oil in the motor and system, another 8.5 quarts in the oil tank, and with that amount of oil in reserve, no fear of the oil pressure dropping from lack of oil being pumped through the motor even on a longest of high speed corners.
So accusump may help you on a quick burst when the pick up tube goes dry, but long enough sweeper and even its going to run out of oil to keep the motor pressure up.
Simply, its the reason that most high speed road course cars, are Dry sump motors. On a C6 dry sump, you have about 2 quarts of oil in the motor and system, another 8.5 quarts in the oil tank, and with that amount of oil in reserve, no fear of the oil pressure dropping from lack of oil being pumped through the motor even on a longest of high speed corners.
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Heel & Toe
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Problems not the motor, but keeping the oil pick up tube in oil on long G turns, and not the oil G pinned to the side of the pan instead.
So accusump may help you on a quick burst when the pick up tube goes dry, but long enough sweeper and even its going to run out of oil to keep the motor pressure up.
Simply, its the reason that most high speed road course cars, are Dry sump motors. On a C6 dry sump, you have about 2 quarts of oil in the motor and system, another 8.5 quarts in the oil tank, and with that amount of oil in reserve, no fear of the oil pressure dropping from lack of oil being pumped through the motor even on a longest of high speed corners.
So accusump may help you on a quick burst when the pick up tube goes dry, but long enough sweeper and even its going to run out of oil to keep the motor pressure up.
Simply, its the reason that most high speed road course cars, are Dry sump motors. On a C6 dry sump, you have about 2 quarts of oil in the motor and system, another 8.5 quarts in the oil tank, and with that amount of oil in reserve, no fear of the oil pressure dropping from lack of oil being pumped through the motor even on a longest of high speed corners.
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Wow, all this discussion has me thinking about going to a dry sump on my GS. I assume that LS7 dry sump parts would work on a LS3...? I know the crank snout is longer on the ZO6 but I plan on stroking to 416 sometime this year so the new crank should be the longer snout.
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The answer is a Dailey dry sump pan and pump but you lose your air conditioning. Stock tank is not too bad if the Aviaid baffle is added. For a stock wet sump pan the Improved Racing windage tray and scraper is an improvement over stock.
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Wow, all this discussion has me thinking about going to a dry sump on my GS. I assume that LS7 dry sump parts would work on a LS3...? I know the crank snout is longer on the ZO6 but I plan on stroking to 416 sometime this year so the new crank should be the longer snout.