More shiny bits

[Discopotatoes]

Just laid in place for now, I need to make a bracket. And the new catch tank which will need some fine adjustments but the bonnet shuts which is a bonus!

[A900ss]

Please excuse my complete ignorance but what is that?

[ChimpOnGas]

You're right Rich, fits a treat

[Bassfiend229hp]

OK - since I appear to have no issues making a complete T.W.A.T of myself I'll ask the question ...

... what the *FECK* is that?

It looks good but what is it...

[Discopotatoes]

It's an accusump, for those oh st moments when the baffled sump needs just that little bit more!
( it pumps oil into the galleries when the oil pickup sucks in air)
The other shiny bit is the all singing all dancing oil catch tank

[chris1972]

Discopotatoes said:

Just laid in place for now, I need to make a bracket. And the new catch tank which will need some fine adjustments but the bonnet shuts which is a bonus!

Thats interesting. Where did you get it from and how did you connect it?

[snorky]

and why do you need it?

[Discopotatoes]

I got it from eBay, it plumbs into a t piece of the oil pressure switch,
@ snorky its to help stop oil surge, on long bends and high cornering G's, I may never need it but its piece of mind and a lot cheaper than a rebuild.

[Robert Lees]

I'm confused

drivers side rocker has oil filler cap, passenger side has oil breather, there is a shiny thing near the bonnet catch and a shiny blue tube where the coil should be?,,, " it's a chimaera engine bay Jim, but not as we know it!"

[Discopotatoes]

Robert Lees said:

I'm confused

drivers side rocker has oil filler cap, passenger side has oil breather, there is a shiny thing near the bonnet catch and a shiny blue tube where the coil should be?,,, " it's a chimaera engine bay Jim, but not as we know it!"

Oh ok if I must

[Robert Lees]

Right, ok, err, what,,,, got a headache going back to work!

[JFReturns]

No idea what any of that does, but its shiny and therefore awesome.

[brett84]

does that canister just purge gas out of the bonnet vents - a la Fast and the Furious
operated by a pull cable under the dash?

[Discopotatoes]

brett84 said:

does that canister just purge gas out of the bonnet vents - a la Fast and the Furious
operated by a pull cable under the dash?

No it's for oiling, can be used to pre oil on start up, act like a turbo timer and oil turbos after shutdown and during hard cornering helps prevent oil starvation, HTH

Edited by Discopotatoes on Tuesday 2nd April 13:56

[brett84]

agh well that's ruined the mental image

[spend]

Discopotatoes said:

No it's for oiling, can be used to pre oil on start up, act like a turbo timer and oil turbos after shutdown and during hard cornering helps prevent oil starvation, HTH

Ermm they are kind of mutually exclusive, you can either discharge at switch off (but I can't really see how that shot of oil would cool the turbos) or seal before turning off so that you can manually deliver a shot of oil before starting. Personally I can't imagine getting under the bonnet & messing with that lever to achieve any of that.

They really are a PITA if you only have the manual valve (which I assume is fine for race cars where the sump is sat next to the driver), with a solenoid valve to make them operate on the ignition switch is far better. However accusump do charge a fortune for their installations, the F-O-A ones I bought came with the electronic valve as standard so were a real bargain so I can't really understand why they stopped selling them.

[Discopotatoes]

spend said:

Discopotatoes said:

No it's for oiling, can be used to pre oil on start up, act like a turbo timer and oil turbos after shutdown and during hard cornering helps prevent oil starvation, HTH

Ermm they are kind of mutually exclusive, you can either discharge at switch off (but I can't really see how that shot of oil would cool the turbos) or seal before turning off so that you can manually deliver a shot of oil before starting. Personally I can't imagine getting under the bonnet & messing with that lever to achieve any of that.

They really are a PITA if you only have the manual valve (which I assume is fine for race cars where the sump is sat next to the driver), with a solenoid valve to make them operate on the ignition switch is far better. However accusump do charge a fortune for their installations, the F-O-A ones I bought came with the electronic valve as standard so were a real bargain so I can't really understand why they stopped selling them.

I've gone for the manual valve so I can choose what it does and when, if its being laid up then I'd close the valve before switching off, the turbos are water cooled using thermo siphon so the little extra oil just helps, and I'm always under the bonnet, and pulling a couple of levers isn't exactly that difficult.
But the main reason for getting it was to compliment the baffled sump which I'm having made

[SILICONEKID350HP]

Would this work ?

[Discopotatoes]

SILICONEKID350HP said:

Would this work ?

Are you selling it?

[SILICONEKID350HP]

No but seen them on the net !