andywiddss1

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thinking of doing a few track days next year in my 1993 wrx is a baffled sump a must dont wanna kill the crank due to lack of oil

any advice would be nice thanks

GreenDream

Yes definately. You can't be too safe when it comes to engine preservation on track. you need AT LEAST a baffled or trapdoor sump, but a larger capacity baffled sump would be preffered. Even with baffles, a normal capacity sump can suffer from surge with the cornering forces that modern slicks can generate.

The cost of a good sump/oil pickup/oil pump setup is nothing when compared to a full engine rebuild.

You can even add an oil accumulator that will not only pre-oil the engine on startup, but can discharge oil at a set psi when it senses an oil pressure drop to safeguard the engine should you get oil starvation/oil pump failure etc.

Moley

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Yep, well worth doing.

p1doc

where do you get an oil accumulator from?
martin

GreenDream

Accusump is probably the most well known oil accumulator, and i have used them myself on previous cars. they work well, are reasonably cheap (£300) and basically do what they say on the tin. Well worth doing if your car is tracked. The pre-oiling is almost worth it alone!!

p1doc

will have to think of this for my murtaya as it is a 96 wrx
thanks
martin

andywiddss1

iTrader: (4)

cheers guys will look in to this in more detail at the start of next year