Drysump a good idea?

James Breadvan · Post by **James Breadvan** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:13 pm

Any opinions apart from the cost on running one? I want a baffled sump but for a few(5) hunderd quid more I could add one plus at the end of the summer I could look into lowering the engine with the extra room.

Gerry H · Post by **Gerry H** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:24 pm

What effect will lowering the engine have on the drive shafts and won't that dictate whether it's possible and by how much?

James Breadvan · Post by **James Breadvan** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:53 pm

The max I could drop the engine down would be 100mm/150mm with the drysump. If I moved the engine back at the same time it would be more, if I did that I could possibly keep the driveshafts I've got now. There are plenty of driveshaft options from the US as the k20 engine swap is pretty popular into smaller hondas with with a narrower track I presume they'll go onto my hubs.
I'm pretty lucky that there is a fair bit of room in my engine bay, I'd just have to see how far I could go without hitting the manifold on the trackrods or the gearbox on the subframe.

Post by **Stuart** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 11:18 pm

I would love a dry sump system but it is simply too expensive on an rb26
(2,5k)#Gone for a sump extension with baffles plus the accusump for a total of 10.5 litres of slippery goodness instead.

At that price James, go for it. The improvement in weight distribution will be great too.

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 7:32 am

dry sump is always a good idea - expensive though.