Travis
I say keep it for all the reasons you've stated, the wow factor, and it's different. I ran dry sump systems on my asphalt midget for years. Once you take the time to understand them, they are pretty basic and simple.
I suggest that you mount the dry sump tank as close as possible to the pump to keep from having a zillion feet of hose, you will only need a thouand feet (LOL). Also, the install will look cleaner with less hose running around the engine compartment.
Another suggestion is to run a bright idiot light on your oil pressure. With a wet sump, the drive for the oil pump is the distributor. If you lose the drive for the oil pump, you lose ignition and the engine shuts off without starving the engine for oil. With a belt drive dry sump pump, you could lose the drive belt and the engine would keep running right up to the point that disaster happens. That's the purpose of the light, to let you know instantaneously that you have a problem. On the midget, we ran the fuel pump off the back of the dry sump pump, so if the oil pump quit turning, so did the fuel pump and the engine shut off. Just something to think about.
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Steve Spoor
69 Rally Sport with Quadra-Link, Wayne Due C-4 Subframe, T-56, 420 SB2.2
67 Chevelle, Art Morrison Chassis, 416 LS3, T-56 (under construction)
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