Old Aug 1, 2012 | 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by 750hp escos
Its actually a worse idea to have a big wing sump and no baffles than to just have a std sump!!!
cheers danny
Can you please clarify your reason behind this?

I have been running big wing sumps with nothing more than the standard baffle arrangement in it since 1997 and have never had any oil starvation issues? Admittedly my car is a road car, and I have never used full slicks (the stickiest has been Khumo V70As), but it gets given death around track days.

The big wing sumps SHOULD retain the original sump walls with a few holes drilled into them, which act as a baffle anyway?



Dry sumps are all well and good, but you have to know what you're doing when fitting one, as they have to run restrictors to get the correct flow to the differing parts of the engine and EVERYTHING relies on that one £10 belt, which frightens the life out of me, along with the worry of the potential damage with a visit to a gravel trap and a stone causing it to throw the belt .

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