The regulator is a very bad idea at least that one for that job.
A well designed system will have pump size and drive speed setup so you are
not bypassing very much oil at speed and who cares if it does at idle.
Warming the oil at idle is a pluss not a minus you will have a lot to warm
up. A simple way to warm the oil is to put about 6 or 8 feet of 3/8 steel
tubing in the tank and connect it up like it was the car heater bypassing
coolant through it. It will warm the oil quickly but not more than the
engine temperature right where you want to be. It also doubles as an oil
cooler if the oil is warmer than the water.
see these diagrams as some examples..
http://www.petersonfluidsys.com/tech_pumpdia.html
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Mayfield" <drmayf@mayfco.com>
To: <tweecer@yahoogroups.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 11:48 AM
Subject: [Land-speed] Oiling Questions
> Have been looking forward to improving the Sunbeam race car. Been
> thinking out loud on several issues of dry sump systems and the pressure
> side oiling . I like the dry sumps use in the sunbeam because I can keep
> the engine lower down between the frame rails. One of the items that has
> surfaced in my head is the use of an external oil pressure regulator
> system. Huh? you say. Most of the oil pumps we use have an internal
> pressure relief system but unfortunately it is right at the beginning of
> the pressure input. The oil is bypassed around and around inside the pump
> and it gets hot. The bypass should be at the end of the oiling system path
> to assure that each and every thing that needs oil, gets oil. Plus, the
> oil would not be chased around and around inside the pump. This should
> work exactly like the pressure regulator on an EFI car with a bypass
> return system. The regulator should be adjustable. I have a large
> Aeromotive bypass regulator on my fuel system and that sucker might be
> able to do the trick. Have any of you ever heard of using an external oil
> regulator bypass like this before? I have not, but then I am still a noob
> at this.
>
> The next is some sort of scavenge system. I know the corvette now has a
> dry sump system which means that it has to have some sort of scavenging
> system to return oil to the tank. Anybody know how that is done on that
> car? Point me to a URL where I can read about it? Would a vane type pump
> serve as a scavenge return pump? I would also like to hook up the
> scavenge pump to the valve covers, on each side front and rear, and maybe
> the lifter valley as well ll in support of getting oil from the pan as
> well.
>
>
> I would love to hear thoughts on a system or issues like I mention.
> Either on list or off.
>
> headed up to Bendover in the morning around 4 am....ugh...
>
> mayf
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