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    Default 4age - dry sump conversion

    Basically I'm at the point where I'm building my car the way I want it, disregarding costs and all that jazz.

    Engine will be a fully built 20v 7age. I'm trying to get through my head whether to baffle the stock sump, or run a dry sump setup. I know that dry sump is a lot of work, but I really couldn't care less.

    I want reliability (if there is a such thing from a built motor) from my engine which will be revved pretty hard (9000 rpm odd), and even a performance increase if possible. I'm just not sure which way to go.

    Any help is appreciated.

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    I cant say i've ever priced up a dry-sump setup .. but i'm fairly sure it alone will be more expensive than your entire engine setup?

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    accusump?
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    I am a big fan of the stock 4A oil setup. They are very hard to kill from lack of oiling. I lost count of the number of times I came off track at the end of a drift night with oil right off the bottom of the dipstick, and yet never had any problems. My motor lasted three years and died a totally unrelated death (crank snapped behind timing pulley).

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    there is a thread floating around on toymods i believe for a tidy relatively cheap and uncomplicated dry sump specially for the 4a.... assume it would be applicable to the 7a

    dry sump can be better in the long run, but creates more service points... ppoints where shit can just gremlin on you.

    id love on just to have one.... and would give me a chunk of room
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    increasing the size/capacity of the standard wet sump wont give any power increase, obviously a dry sump set-up will. i believe increases are 5~10hp on a highly tuned motor which is a fair bit really.

    what is your actual question?

    got some specs of the rest of the motor? what block, crank rods are you using? 7afe based or stroked 4ag? if i wanted to go for a larger capacity build id be using a CYB stroker kit personally

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    u will pay a few thousand for the dry sump setup, and im pretty sure u may have to look outside australia for it, i know someone whos done it before, i think they got some bits from NZ and some from the states, but be prepaired to pay atleast 4 K , the pumps are like 2 K on their own. i can find out for sure if u want.

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    There are no specific engine specs at the moment. Just idea's building in my head and I really want to figure out what I'm going to do in this regard, and also just trying to make a discussion on what people's idea's are on this topic.

    Didn't think that the pumps would be that expensive on their own! F*ck that!

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    Yair they arnt cheap.

    I still reckon accusump if you have doubts about reliablity. They can be had for around $200-300 for a cheapy
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    when i wanted to use a dry sump setup from the fella that builds 7age strokers and the best clubmans Australia has to offer.


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