Ok, I have autocrossed our CLK430 and plan to autocross the CLK55 I take
delivery on next month. Guess I should run the oil a half quart over, huh?
Only problem I've had is the brake fluid and coolant sloshing around
creating eroneous low brake fluid and low coolant level idiot lights.
Tell him he needs three scavenge stages and a one pressure stage dry sump.
Tell him Porsche's and Harley's have dry sumps. Anyway, tell him to at
least put a big pan on it and do a decent job of crankcase venting. I'm
done venting.
Rick Brown
BP Corvette
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-autox@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-autox@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of PROTURNER@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 9:23 PM
To: autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Mercedes/ Jaguar autocrossers
I have a friend who is a development engineer for GM who is working on the
latest GM Grand Touring vehicle still under development. Sadly, I must
remain
a bit cagey on the details....but this car, which debuted last year as a
concept vehicle, will compete with the high end Mercedes 2 seater abnd the
Jag convertible. His dilemna is presently an oiling question....ie. how much
protection should be designed into the oil pickup system to allow the car to
compete in an autocross environment.
In order to justify the expense of certain designs, he needs to know if the
Mercedes 2 seater or the Jag convertible have been competing in
autocrossing.
If even a few people are willing to expose their $70-80 thousand dollar cars
to the high G-forces imposed by autocross or high speed driver's ed. events,
then he can justify to the bean counters the extra expense of baffling the
oil pan.
Has anyone out there seen one of these specific models at an autocross or
driver's ed. event?
Thanks
John Hartsock
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