Chris - got you thinking right? Most of the stuff you mentioned about dry sumps is old wives tales. Don't get me wrong, I don't have a dry sump system, I run a engine vac. system. But the point is if you are building a engine from scratch you can buy the parts for a sump for just a few more bucks. Point is you have to buy a custom pan anyway, right?
oil pump? How about the front of the engine, you have to buy pulleys right? Well the only thing you are missing is a
oil reserve tank and some misc. plumbing lines and hardware. The other point is on a new engine you can build the engine to have the smaller low tension rings at the same time, plus you can do some other stiff that conventenal builds can't do. And some of those other things that really do make a big difference, not the hopped up advertised differences' you see in magizines. So you can't just do it later, it don't wash. On your other points - Yes, much more reliable and eliminates all
oil problems, cam gear problems, etc. Re; room in supercharged engine bay, stuffs mostly on the bottom and front of the engine, not top. Check my engine choice, been there. Ever think why Nascar requires a dist.? Disty. going the way of the dinasaur because of mag. packs, has nothing to do with cost. Sumps have been on more factory cars than you think. I can think of several high dollar foreign cars that all have them and some of them are not even performance cars. Let's see, how about 75 to 90 more horsepower on a typical 355/383 natural asperated build? Bet you can't get that amount of power, dollar for dollar, with just conventinal hot rod parts - except with a supercharger. (proven, not just advertised) If you investigate this I'd bet you would change your mind at least a bit. --- Not thinking out loud, I've been there ---- your dime,,,,,,,,,,,,
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