| preston |
01-30-2014 11:42 AM |
was that quote for the billet pan and integrated pump ? If so that's not a bad price, you are going to pay a $800 for a pump and $400 for a pan plus the plumbing from pan to pump and mandrel and drive pulleys so you're into it $1500 either way. THe billet pan and mounted pump are such a much better solution its worth another $1k if you can really get it for that. Of course for someone like who already has a pump and pan, there is no way to justify the move. I so love that clean, non-leaking setup though, the pan is so nice.
>Cris, I don't like how far out on the crank that one is or how close the serp. belt is to it.
I don't understand htis comment, that packaging looks tight to me, I've seen dry sump drives that stick out way further, that one looks good. Plus, how could it be closer to the block and not also be closer to the serp belt ?
As far as breaking the belt, this unfortunately did happen to me. Even though I have a big red light on the dash it was a very sunny day and I did not see it. I was on a "go kart" track doing the autox type thing so I was much busier than a road race track but still no excuse. I put a new super bright shift light right in my face. In my case, the belt had been stored for a year in a folded fashion, but I think the main culprit was I had it way too tight, these toothed belts don't need to be tight. Also as you can imagine on the go kart track the revs are up and down up and down.
My machinist, after disassembly, asked me how long it ran without oil, I said data log says 21 seconds. He said that was 20.5 seconds too long.
Just needed new bearings but he doesn't do anything half assed so it was almost a $5k belt for me, although that dollar figure probably included a few upgrades LOL.
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