[Supras] Oil accumulator vs. pumping air

[Walker, Brian (Rich. Dist)]

I make sure to have the oil level a little above full (~1/4 quart) when
driving on track/auto-x just to be sure there is a sufficient level in
the pan under cornering. I watched a new Z51 Vette throw a rod last year
and best we could tell it was from starvation as he was coming out of a
hard corner and was likely low on oil. It was an auto w/ stock rev
limiter on 315 Hoosiers, much more traction than we're talking about
here. I sometimes drive a little fast on some backroads when I can see
no one is around but I assure you it's not near the level you'd see on
track or auto-x. Afterall, putting 2 off is recoverable on a track,
putting 2 in a ditch isn't.

My idle oil pressure has always been low also (normally ~4-5 psi) which
is why I never let the car idle for long (during cool down will give
some rpms to see 20 psi or so) I've always thought the cams aren't
getting good enough flow at idle but last time they were out the
journals looked pretty good (and I used to DD in traffic back then)

Brian W-88T

Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 16:44:15 -1000
From: "Jeff Mohler" <speedtoys.racing at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Supras] Oil accumulator vs. pumping air
To: berniek at technicaldevelop.com
Cc: Patrick Golder <psg559 at yahoo.com>, supras at supras.com
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Ya..well..the RE's are still a street tire, a horrendously long way
from any G forces that would create a problem.

Were running cal speedway at 130 (miatas) to 165+ in other imports
there, with no oiling issues on R's and slicks.

Granted that at an extreme, I can see what youre saying, but the
oiling system is not moving that much volume, to bring the level down
so low that it would dry up the sump intake.