[Land-speed] An Oily Question...

Wester Potter wester6935 at comcast.net
Tue Sep 8 20:20:34 MDT 2009


Nothing else to do in Pahrump?

Wes

On Sep 8, 2009, at 7:47 PM, Rick Byrnes wrote:

> OHHHHHMAN
> Doc
> You just got too much time on your hands.....
> :-d
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "drmayf" <drmayf at mayfco.com>
> To: "LSR" <land-speed at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 9:28 PM
> Subject: [Land-speed] An Oily Question...
>
>
>> Just for curiosity sake, just how much oil is actually pumped  
>> through a motor say during a run of 5 miles at  some nominal speed?  
>> I know that the oil pump in my wet sump bypasses a lot of oil so it  
>> mush have lots more capability than actually needed    Anyone ever  
>> done an experiment where they hook up their dry sump return oil to  
>> a separate tank and just see how much oil is pumped per second? Or  
>> minute or?  Or is there a web site somewhere I might go look for  
>> answers.  I have a project in mind where I want to pump oil through  
>> the motor once only and I am trying to guess how big an oil tank  
>> might be needed for a run of about 2 minutes plus some reserve.
>> mayf.
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