Oil Starvation
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Oil Starvation
I recently took my C6 to a track day and had a blast. I'm looking forward to doing it again soon but have read about oil starvation issues during sweeping left hand corners, which my local track definitely has. At what point do I need to start being concerned? Sustained lateral G's over 1?
And to mitigate risk, would a baffled oil pan like the one Improved Racing is working on do the trick? Or an Accusump?
And to mitigate risk, would a baffled oil pan like the one Improved Racing is working on do the trick? Or an Accusump?
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Long enough High G load corner, will have the engine oil starved to cause problems (pick up tube no longer submerged in oil).
On the wet sump motors that you can oil starve in such above conditions, Accusump is the answer to the problems.
On the dry sump motors, the pan only has about a quart of oil in it at most, its being pushed back to the tank, and the upright oil tank with about 9qts of oil, is making sure that the motor does not run out of oil pushed through the motor/ don't have the dry pick up tube problems of the wet sump motors/
Also, read your owners manual, but for track conditions on a wet sump motor, you do run an extra quart of oil.
On the wet sump motors that you can oil starve in such above conditions, Accusump is the answer to the problems.
On the dry sump motors, the pan only has about a quart of oil in it at most, its being pushed back to the tank, and the upright oil tank with about 9qts of oil, is making sure that the motor does not run out of oil pushed through the motor/ don't have the dry pick up tube problems of the wet sump motors/
Also, read your owners manual, but for track conditions on a wet sump motor, you do run an extra quart of oil.
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Thanks for the reply!
At what point do the lateral g's become a concern? I'm new to track days and not going too quickly yet, but I do want to protect my engine.
At what point do the lateral g's become a concern? I'm new to track days and not going too quickly yet, but I do want to protect my engine.
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