Brian, an accusump may serve to feed pressurized oil into the system when the
pump does not pick up oil from the pan, but its primary purpose is to serve as a
preoiler. It makes more sense to baffle the pan so that the pickup will always
be submerged. It is not rocket science. You need a main cross baffle with one
way door to trap oil near the pickup, especially under braking, and side
baffles
to keep the oil from running up the sides when you have the car side-losded in a
corner. John
Brian Evans wrote:
> My suggestion, and what I did when I ran a Midget, is use an Accusump oil
> accumulator instead. To me, it's about as good as a dry-sump, and might
> also allow you to run less oil in the pan, hence less oil whip, etc.
> Also allows dead easy pre-oiling at normal start-up, and after rebuilds.
> Brian
>
> At 09:51 AM 10/31/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >Anyone have any suggestions re. a proven design of oil pan baffles to use in
> >my MGB racer? Someone on the MG-Digest suggested Brown & Gammons as a
> >source for one. But, I'm looking for something easy to fabricate & weld
> >into a stock pan. I'd like to come up with something as efficient as the
> >system in my Alfa Guilietta Veloce.
> >
> >I thought I saw a mention of a plan for a baffle system in an old issue of
> >the MGVR newsletter. But, I haven't been able to find that particular
> >reference.
> >
> >Norm Sippel
> >61 Sprint Veloce
> >66 MGB
> >73 3.0 CS
> >
> >
> Brian Evans
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