Budget '69 Camaro Track Car - NO WHINERS!

[Track Junky]

Originally Posted by Sieg

Gae - You run a remote filter system on the car.......what filtering were they using on the dyno?

This is the best pic I can find so far that describes the set up. We put a sandwich adaptor on to the block and then connected the oil in/out lines to the adaptor. Oil filter was screwd into the adaptor. Let me see if I could find any more pics.

[Sieg]

Is there any way your filtering setup on dyno could cause the reduced upper rpm oil pressure?

[Track Junky]

Originally Posted by Sieg

Is there any way your filtering setup on dyno could cause the reduced upper rpm oil pressure?

Thats a question for the pros my friend but if I heard it correctly I could swear I heard Joe say that he had the ability to adjust flow. I may have heard it wrong and Todd's right, that doesn't make sense. I'm going to give him a call.

[DaleTx]

Originally Posted by Track Junky

Well I kind of feel bad posting this only because I know there are a few people around here waiting for a truck load of big ticket items to be delivered and this is the last piece of the puzzle for me for now but here it is. Hood to air box seal showed up today from McMaster-Carr. I now have a positive seal around the air cleaner. Grand total for a minimum of 10' buy in..........35 bucks.

Gaetano... I like the your design of the cold air/cowel induction set up. It looks better that shape than round. Is it attached to the firewall or does it come up short of the firewall? I was just wondering what you did in the back, I can't tell from the picture. I'm thinking of copying your design... looks good and functional to.

It looks like you added some extra holes in the hood to pick up more air too... good idea.

[Track Junky]

Originally Posted by DaleTx

Gaetano... I like the your design of the cold air/cowel induction set up. It looks better that shape than round. Is it attached to the firewall or does it come up short of the firewall? I was just wondering what you did in the back, I can't tell from the picture. I'm thinking of copying your design... looks good and functional to.

It looks like you added some extra holes in the hood to pick up more air too... good idea.

Thanks Dale. There is a sheetmetal piece that Vince fabbed up that completes the connection to the firewall. We had been using it with the lid set up and needs to be cut down a bit. I forgot to bring it home from the shop.

Funny you mentioned the holes. I didn't really notice them until you pointed them out. I'll have to see if they actually do aid in introducing air into the box.

[Vegas69]

I'd start with what the pan was engineered to hold as windage is no bueno. Jason Pettis made a point to tell me never to over fill my crank case for that exact reason. If you are running out of pressure on long sweepers, it's time for a better pan or accumulator, not more oil.

[GregWeld]

Accumulator --- easy to plumb... and will protect your oil pressure.

I close the valve to mine before shutting down -- and open it before starting to create oil pressure. At least that's the way Charley told me to do it.

[Track Junky]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

I'd start with what the pan was engineered to hold as windage is no bueno. Jason Pettis made a point to tell me never to over fill my crank case for that exact reason. If you are running out of pressure on long sweepers, it's time for a better pan or accumulator, not more oil.

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Accumulator --- easy to plumb... and will protect your oil pressure.

I close the valve to mine before shutting down -- and open it before starting to create oil pressure. At least that's the way Charley told me to do it.

Can you set an accumulator up to introduce oil at a specified oil pressure? Once that oil is introduced into the system does it retrieve it back when pressures are adequate?

[Vegas69]

You can set them up with a solenoid so they only open below a set pressure. That's for a street car to solve the hastle of opening and closing a manual valve. I ran a manual valve on my car and left it close on the street. (Mixed the oil up once in a while to burn off moisture) I'd then just open it on track days and rev up the engine an close it at the end of the day. Beat the ever living crap out of my car and never had an engine problem. That and a great engine builder.

[Track Junky]

So with a manual set up how did it know when to introduce the oil? And once it introduced the oil how did it know when to return the oil back to the canister?