Good news to start the week. My crankshaft is shipping back today. It only needed the polish, so it was quicker than expected. It has been turned before, no idea what that's all about, but I'm thankful it was an easy fix. So I'll have the block on Wednesday and the crnak on Thursday. Friday it will all go to the machine shop to start the machine work (on the block) and re-assembly!

You're welcome. :lol:

http://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/...7-drysump.html

What are 'friends' for.............:lol:


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Some ribs and brisket from The Salt Lick --- some 3 stage dry sump and you've got a winning combo!! FTW!!



Cope --- 22 hot rods coming to town for the Roundup.... be ready!! LOL

Way ahead of you, already emailed him yesterday. :thumbsup:

Unfortunately though, as I understand it, that system works in conjunction with the stock LS7 dry sump pump. So I would have to add back in the LS7 dry sump pump, which means a different crankshaft, which as you know, snowballs quickly...

I have another piece to the puzzle that doesn't fit well too. It seems that the Wegner front drive setup that I have won't support an aftermarket dry sump pulley very easily. Wegner no longer makes and sells the kit I have, partially for this reason. Bill Dailey was the one that actually cautioned me to this, and a call to Wegner yesterday confirmed it. With this setup, there isn't room behind the damper and serpentine pulley to add a pulley for the dry sump pump. They (Wegner) would either have to craft up something custom for me, or I would have to replace the front drive I have. It wasn't even clear if I could convert my current setup over to an LS7 style crank given that they don't make this particular kit any more...

So the cost of a dry sump at this point would be dry sump system + front drive system, or new crank shaft + new rods + new front cover + ls7 pump/pan/etc + tank + misc pieces. Either path is :G-Dub:

Whenever I get you back down here I have a new place to take you. It's literally 1 mile from where I live, and it's what Lockhart SHOULD have been. Good stuff, I thought of you when I ate there yesterday. ;)

I can't wait! Where are you guys staying? I need to book a room this week also... Are you staying through the second weekend for USCA?

So..... What's your point??? LOL

April 15th and check out on April 19th Embassy Suites 300 Congress Ave. Austin Texas.


Bryan -- I wasn't going to do USCA -- Gwen and I are driving down in her '33 with the other Brizio crazies... But NOW -- I may arrange / ask Sutton if he wants to drive my rig down to USCA --- and see if that works. I'll have to do some poking around now.

Actually the dates don't work out at all --- USCA is MARCH 28/29th.... I won't be in Austin until April 15th.

Just send over that AmEx Black card number when you have a second... ;-)

Seriously though, I'm trying to keep myself realistic about how TOW is going to be used for the next year or two. Here in Central Texas, we don't have the number of big track events that other areas seem to. I have a monthly autocross I can attend, sometimes 2 if I go join the San Antonio group. I get GG twice a year in Fort Worth, again, an autocross, and then USCA assuming I make it.

I do have tracks close by, but will I get to attend more than 2 or 3 events a year at those? Last year I only did 2. If I find that I'm going to be able to do more on a more regular basis, then perhaps it will be time to step up. But given 'life' at the moment, I'm not sure there will be a lot of opportunity yet.

That said, I have some 'life' things in flux right now which could change the whole picture. :underchair: :headscratch: