A baffles sump is like a series of barries in the sump.

It stops the oil all gathering on one side when you go round a long fast corner....

If you think about it the engine oil pump only collects oil from one point in the sump... if theres no oil at that exact point ALL the time then it will not suck up any oil and will starve your bearings of oil!!!

for example



you can see the area at the back is were the oil pick up goes... and you can see as std the area is baffeled a bit

Alex