any suggestions?pros cons??priceing?

 

im in the process of getting a drysump kit put together by peterson, ill talk to mike again and see how much for just the single stage external pump, i think its in the 800-900 range. and well worth it to get rid of the ghetto oil pump gear.....-pdang

 

Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't think there is such a thing as a "single stage" system.

As I understand it, one stage is the pump that evacuates the oil pan and send the oil to the sump. Then another stage is what pulls the oil from the sump and pressurizes the engine.

If I'm wrong, please post something. (I'm not being pissy, I'd really like to know)

Wes

 

i checked through Peterson's site.
they do offer a single "stage" external oil pump for a "wet" system. essentially replacing your internal oil pump but retaining the oil pan and the filter location
stan

 

Stan;

That's interesting.

I don't personally see the advantages being worth going to a single stage system. You would still have to do all the external routing of the oil lines. And as you said, it would still be a "wet" system.

For those that don't know, a "wet" system still uses the oil pan as the oil resevoir. You will get "windage" of the oil and the crankshaft. You also can have the system go dry if the oil moves away from the oil pick-up due to G forces.

On a "dry" system there is a remote resevoir tank. One "stage" pulls all of the oil out of the oil pan and fills the tank. The tank is designed to remove any airation (air bubbles) from the oil and the other "stage" pumps pulls from the bottom of the tank to feed the engine. The tank bottom is much like a funnel shape so it's VERY hard for G forces to push the oil away from there. The remote tank can be as large as you want.

Wes