Hey guys....
in a disscussion with my dad i brought up the oil starvation problem. with a little thought he asked me about using a flop tube instead of the standard oil pickup...
definition: flop tube: a length of hose weighted at one end
basically with this tube it would flow with the oil. the oil pickup in our cars is in a fixed location if there no oil in the area no oil can be scavanged. with this tube the pickup would travel via centrifical force with the oil to ensure an ample supple at all times.... for example in a right hand turn the oil in our car flow to the left hand side of the block while the pickup stays stationary in the middle, with the flop tube the oil as well as the pickup point would flow over to the left. as you can see this would mean ample flow at all times (even if the motor was a quart low)
my dad showed me the principle in relation to an airplane (hes building a pitts special in his garage) planes use flop tubes in there fuel tanks...basically no matter what attitude the planes is in even if upside down the tube is always where the fuel is
now i know that this is a little different then our cars but maybe with a little work/effort we could work something out with our cars and while the standard pan is down we could fix a revised windage tray so to prevent airation of the already present oil plus aircraft flop tubes can be had for like 45 dollars in a catolog my dad has on his shelf so it can be very inexpensive
any way as always would appriciate questions comments (even if there only saying how retarded i am...he he he)
ps i own a y2k svt, has anyone determined if this pan is different then the other years???
