Rover V8 Engine - Dry Sump?

[blueg33]

My G33 is powered by a 3.9l Rover V8 and puts out around 225bhp. I am wondering how straight forward it would be to convert the engine to a dry sump. I understand that dry sumping will release some more bhp, and could deal with postenmtial problems that can arise with the oil pump. The sump on my car is about 3 inches off the ground, so I also wonder if dry sumping will enable me to reduce the depth of the sump pan and hence gain some valuable ground clearance.

I do drive the car very hard.

So my questions are

1. How?
2. What parts do I need
3. How much space
4. How much money, and is it really worth doing?

Thanks in advance

Nick

[stevieturbo]

blueg33 said:

My G33 is powered by a 3.9l Rover V8 and puts out around 225bhp. I am wondering how straight forward it would be to convert the engine to a dry sump. I understand that dry sumping will release some more bhp, and could deal with postenmtial problems that can arise with the oil pump. The sump on my car is about 3 inches off the ground, so I also wonder if dry sumping will enable me to reduce the depth of the sump pan and hence gain some valuable ground clearance.

I do drive the car very hard.

So my questions are

1. How?
2. What parts do I need
3. How much space
4. How much money, and is it really worth doing?

Thanks in advance

Nick

It would do all of the things you suggest. Im sure there are places who offer some form of kit.
The sump itself will be low profile. IT will require an external pump to be mounted onto the engine and driven off the crank, and a large external oil reservoir to be installed somewhere.

Expect it to be very expensive....I'd say in the region of £1-2k

So is it worth doing ? That's entirely up to you.

[blueg33]

stevieturbo said:

blueg33 said:

My G33 is powered by a 3.9l Rover V8 and puts out around 225bhp. I am wondering how straight forward it would be to convert the engine to a dry sump. I understand that dry sumping will release some more bhp, and could deal with postenmtial problems that can arise with the oil pump. The sump on my car is about 3 inches off the ground, so I also wonder if dry sumping will enable me to reduce the depth of the sump pan and hence gain some valuable ground clearance.

I do drive the car very hard.

So my questions are

1. How?
2. What parts do I need
3. How much space
4. How much money, and is it really worth doing?

Thanks in advance

Nick

It would do all of the things you suggest. Im sure there are places who offer some form of kit.
The sump itself will be low profile. IT will require an external pump to be mounted onto the engine and driven off the crank, and a large external oil reservoir to be installed somewhere.

Expect it to be very expensive....I'd say in the region of £1-2k

So is it worth doing ? That's entirely up to you.

Ouch that is expensive. Probably not worth it, I was hoping for more like £500-600

[350Matt]

a cheaper route would be to get a custom sump made from an Ebay item, cut and shut to reduce the depth but make it wider.

Bear in mind tho you'll need to do something with the oil pick-up to match and I would strongly recommend adding baffles, swinging gates etc inside the sump as by going wide and flat you'll suffer more from the oil moving away from the pick-up under cornering 'G'

[GC8]

The original Tuscan racers had a dry sumped engine. I know because I remember burning my arm on the tank on my uncles, which was located under the false tonneau covering the 'passenger' seat. As thats the xase therell definitely be a source of parts.