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ianofbhills |
posted on 2nd Dec 04 at 22:36 |
Its an oil recirulation system actually, andy's car still has a wet sump. When the engine spins to 9000 rpm the oil is getting pumped into the top of the engine faster then it is falling to the sump the cam cover fills with oil and becomes pressurised. This means that the level of oil in the sump is reduced. If the car is cornering hard and oil surge becomes a problem this can lead to there being no oil in the sump in the area of the pick up leading to oil starvation problems and a knackered engine. That system was developed by protec to prevent this happening. It works by sucking the oil from the top of the cam cover and returning it to the sump below the pickup. | |
Half Pint |
posted on 2nd Dec 04 at 11:00 |
Dry Sump :D | |
Fad |
posted on 2nd Dec 04 at 10:54 |
oil catch tank i think? | |
Siberia |
posted on 2nd Dec 04 at 10:49 |
whats that thing over on the left hand size of the engine with the breather pipes going to it? oil cooler? | |
Fad |
posted on 2nd Dec 04 at 10:34 |
quote: blimey what else can you do to it? :lol: | |
jr |
posted on 1st Dec 04 at 21:48 |
ah fantastic, this is a good sign :D, cheers for your reply andy :thumbs: | |
Andy |
posted on 1st Dec 04 at 21:17 |
Cheers mate - but it's broken at the moment. Dropped a valve and needs a complete engine rebuild :( | |
GLSi GUY |
posted on 1st Dec 04 at 21:08 |
hey, andy, | |
lee mitchell |
posted on 1st Dec 04 at 20:53 |
:) | |
Andy |
posted on 1st Dec 04 at 20:51 |
quote: Yes James - they will work fine. I ran them on totally standard pistons. No problems with valve clearance. That only really becomes a problem when you run high lift cams, The lift on those Schrick cams isn't too severe. The cams are really nice with TBs - I had 180bhp on standard pistons (8K rev limit) with a very flat torque curve :thumbs: | |
jr |
posted on 1st Dec 04 at 19:46 |
that is true, gonna see what the outcome of the compression test is first, Lee M has a feeling the head on it at the mo is cracked, so gonna put the 1.416v head on it | |
AK |
posted on 1st Dec 04 at 19:41 |
:lol: | |
jr |
posted on 1st Dec 04 at 19:32 |
:lol: i wasnt hpoping to have to do things like that yet, at the mo my cars been of the road nearly as long as yours :! | |
AK |
posted on 1st Dec 04 at 19:29 |
just get the pistons milled out :) | |
jr |
posted on 1st Dec 04 at 19:10 |
i need to put this head on a 1600 bottom end | |
AK |
posted on 1st Dec 04 at 19:09 |
Thought your engine had pocketed pistons though? Matt Crowthers old un? | |
AK |
posted on 1st Dec 04 at 19:08 |
ex andy hamilton, i think.... my cams went with my engine | |
jr |
posted on 1st Dec 04 at 19:08 |
quote: fuck :( | |
jr |
posted on 1st Dec 04 at 19:07 |
all i know is there x14xe 264 schrick cams, whic are either ex ak or andy halmilton | |
AK |
posted on 1st Dec 04 at 19:07 |
i think it will be very very very close.... | |
Mattb |
posted on 1st Dec 04 at 19:05 |
yes **i think** the cams that were going on my gsi were 270 degree cams, it all depends on the lift aswell tho | |
jr |
posted on 1st Dec 04 at 19:04 |
need to know if 264 degree cams will run on a bottom end without pocketed pistons ? |