dry sump oiling

Gentleman Rogue · Post by **Gentleman Rogue** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 9:32 pm

so i have seen bits and peices pop up in conversation about building dry sump oiling setups for 4G63's. what i haven't been able to figure out though, is why. is there some flaw in the design of the system when you turn the motor 90 degrees? is it a big problem with road racing or drifting?

my truck won't be very crazy at all, and i doubt it'd tear up a road course that well, but id like to be able to try anything in my truck and not have to worry about oiling being a problem.
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my truck will be a daily driver, so the more OEM parts i can retain, the better. i dont want to have to deal with more custom, one-off stuff than i absolutely have to.

Gentleman Rogue · Post by **Gentleman Rogue** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:47 pm

im not planning on designing or building any kind of drysump setup. i was moreso just curious as to why there has been talk about it. personally, i would rather just build a better designed oil pan that controlled where the oil was better- seeing as how my truck will be far from a track car in most senses of the word.

i figured it was probably more so for drifting/road racing concerns, but i just wanted to be sure.

Post by **DJpowerHaus** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 12:18 am

I've talked about it before for a 2.1L engine. The drag caused by the windage at 11,000rpm would be significant so preventing it might save a few HP. Really though I just want to make a unreasonably wicked engine.

I only remember one case where it was needed. Someone posted with a boat engine that stood with the crank pointing up at the sky. This is a case where a dry sump would be a required item.

99% of the people swapping would be fine with a conventional pan.

Robert Venable · Post by **Robert Venable** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 1:12 am

It looks like he means turning the engine 90 degrees as in from transversely mounted to longitudinally mounted.