Dry Sump

[justa6]

Re your>>>The vast majority of us are street drivers in street cars and I seriously doubt the necessity of a dry sump or a race engine. Race engines stink to drive on the street <<<

I'd like to disagree with the above...

Actually its really pretty easy to turn one into the other. I took my former Busch motor and tossed the Titanium valves, lowered the compression, kept the Jesel rocker arms, used a very mild circle track cam and have a car that weighs 2,300 lbs that turns mid 10 second 1/4 miles, idles at 8-900 RPM and has not been touched in the 3 years the motor has been in the car, except to check the valve lash and change oil and plugs. The 274 inch V6 can take on any production car that I can think of and get better than 20 MPG on the highway. As far as other Cobra's go there is always a faster one somewhere.

The dry sump has been totally reliable on the street and track. All in all you can turn a race motor into a fairly mild mannered street car if you use the right parts. Now some Cobra owners measure their pleasure with huge inches and gobs of torque. BUT that equates to a Harley vs a Hayabusa in motorcycles. Which one is more fun to drive? The answer is the one you enjoy the most.

As a Capt of a 747-400 I have plenty of time to enjoy power and stability. An F16 would be more fun though...

IMO, of course...