Just wondering what size Accusump you guys are using. Just need enough oil to prelube and in case the oil pump breaks.

Looks like there are 1-2 and 3 quart sizes, there's also a "high pressure" unit.
The cheapie 1 quart doesn't use a piston between the oil and the air, is this good
enough??

Thanks! Steve

 

I too have looked into the Accusump system. Why do you plan on using it? From G forces off the tree, or cause its a race car that is not often started daily? The latter is why I would use it as I dont think the sump problem off the line is an issue.
*Edit....damn beers. N/M just re-read you post. From what I've researched you probably wont need anymore than the 2 qt. setup.

 

The oil pump is the big reason, cost me a turbo and a bottom end last year out
of no were.

The plan is a pressure swith to turn the engine off, and one way valve so the
accusump pressure won't go back to the broken oil pump and switch.

I just want to learn this lesson once!

So ya think 2 quarts is large enough??

 

The small one I have used on road race cars for cornering. For what you are doing I would go with the large one, if the pump breaks you can go a further distance with the more oil.

 

Your not the only one that had one fail. Let me know how it works out Steve.

 

Steve

Did you have the stock crank balanced in that motor?

 

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Well, I think so. I sent the rotateing ***. to a shop that I trusted. Turned
out there balancer was broken and it got subed to someone I would have
avoided at all cost's. Of course I found this out way after the engine was back
in the car.

I just wish Jim Justice was a couple hundred miles closer to me!

Steve