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How about a basic jigsaw? I have a vertical bandsaw, but the problem with most of these is that the blade speed is set for wood so it's way to high for metal and you need a step-down gear to run a metal cutting blade.

EMPI has two different finned slimline sumps; one is 1.5 quarts (probably the one Jim is referring to) and the other is 3.5 quarts and about twice the size.

SR Racing wrote:You could also fabricate a sump that would be wider.

And if you had more space to work with, you could probably incorporate swinging trap doors into the sump to retain oil near the pickup.

It is MY opinion that you are not INTERPRETING the rules correctly. This is good, it means that there is still a lot of gray area to work in. I didn't think I was offering an interpretation of the rule, just trying to read what was added to the new proposal compared to the old. Sure there is a lot ...

So basically the change is that you can't reduce the thickness of the metal from both sides of the tube to allow stretching the ID within the existing OD limit. As a newbie, I was surprised to learn just how much alteration is being done to these "stock" manifolds and was a little taken ab...

I can send you AIM data files showing peaks above 1.4G at several tracks, although it's typically closer to 1.3G, which is plenty to uncover the unbaffled stock pan I was required by rule to run until last season (and still do because I'm satisfied with the Accusump's performance). I also have data ...

+++ EVERYTHING you just wrote except the lack of a front seal and being a flat four applies directly to the 302 in my Mustang, or the engine in any other production car that is road raced. The Vee engine is just not that unique of an application that it makes the Accusump ineffective. But I'm done ...

Canton recommends 7-10 lbs. Anything less than that and you won't even get full use of the oil in the canister. And as I mentioned, a warm vee idles at under 10, so the canister will empty at that point. Another draw back to a accusump with manual valve only, is that point when the tank does drop m...

Canton recommends a base air charge of 5-7 psi. The rest of the pressure in the cylinder is created by the pressure from the oiling system. It may discharge some of the contents at idle, but that's not really what you care about. It's in the high-G corner with a momentary loss of pressure that you c...

Jim, I don't completely agree with your description of how an Accusump works, although not being very familiar with Vees, it may very well be that they tend to push some oil out due to the poor sealing. For one thing, the plumbing is the same for either use as a pre oiler or a "safety" dev...

I'll ask again about an Accusump, since it's already legal and cheaper than a dry sump system. Is there any reason NOT to use one? With the external coolers most engines have, plumbing one is simple. The only objection I could see is weight and locating it, but the 1-quart Canton Accusump is about t...

I just spoke to the National office yesterday about getting an SCCA logbook for my XTC, which only has a Midwest Council logbook now. Fortunately I got the original homologation certificate for the car, so all I will need to do is have an inspector look at the car, show him the certificate, and can ...

Does any one run an Accusump in FV? They are allowed per GCR 9.3.1. I've run one for years on my Mustang with a stock pan and it definitely works, which I can prove by having "accidentally" data-logged oil pressure with and without the vavle open a couple of times.

That's nothing. You should see the real simulators they use in F1. I saw one at the SAE conference in Detroit a few years ago. Imagine a cockpit on a platform mounted to a series of hydraulic actuators surrounded by a series of flat screen monitors that reacted to the actual forces on the car while ...

I use Fastenal occasionally, but I'll bet your price on a Grade 8 1/2-20 bolt is even better!

Thanks. I did mean the front, and that's pretty much what I figured would be the method, just wanted to confirm before I started drilling! It's going to be much easier and cheaper to run SAE than metric anyway. I priced some metric 12.9 bolts at the hardware store at over $3 each!

How does one go about mounting aftermarket shocks with 1/2 inch rod bearings on a Vee using the stock metric hardware?

RA has a couple of showers in the main rest room near the medical building in the middle paddock. I'm not sure if there are any others on the site.

Size, weight, construction, and speed rating are all unique for land speed racing. There aren't very many tall, skinny tires rated to 300 mph. Goodyear hasn't made Bonneville-spec tires in many years and the existing supply of tires is all there is.

hardingfv32-1 wrote:No chance.....Tires are a living chemical organism, they grow old like the rest of us.

Brian

Don't tell that to the guys still running 250-plus mph at Bonneville on 50 year old Goodyears.

I only have one tire and it's got a receipt taped to it from 1998! But that is exactly the combo the previous owner told me he had them for, short box at RA. Since the car still has a short box and I plan to run as often as possible at RA (37 miles from my house) I was hoping they were still availab...

Calling these engines air-cooled is somewhat of a misnomer. The cooling of a Porsche/VW/Harley-Davidson, etc. engine's internal parts is done as much by the oil circulating through it as the by the ambient air forced over, through or around it. This is true of a liquid-cooled engine to some extent a...

I can get the proper SFI high density foam sheet from Pegasus, the question I have is about supporting it. Do some cars have bracing added to the rollbar for this compared to using the firewall?

I need to install a better headrest in my new Citation XTC. Is affixing a high density foam pad to the firewall sufficient, or should there be some additional bracing added to the roll bar to mount it?

I just purchased a Citation XTC that came with a couple sets of spare tires/wheels and one oddball, a Hoosier 23x5.0-15 slick. I don't see this listed as any longer available from Hooiser but the previous owner told me it was a tall size that could be used to dublicate longbox gearing with a shortbo...