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Originally Posted by Flash68
My last comment on this side bar as Matt will not be doing a dry sump I bet, but Mike said it best when he said it takes a special kind of stupid crazy to love that kind of motor and drive it on the street. He and I have that in common.  |
Dry sump has nothing to do with the nonsense described above. Heating oil and priming the system are all because they set the motor up with super tight bearing clearances. This allows the race teams to run at high temps for extended periods of time with Low weight oil and low parasitic drag while still protecting the bearings from cavitation.
So your race motor with 0.0011-0.0015" clearance will run great but not if you don't warm the oil. If you aren't going to run it full tilt for 500 mi and can sacrifice a few hp run looser clearances.
Now back to Matt. Resale you are probably better with a Coyote. A Windsor will get it done and take all kinds of abuse.