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Originally Posted by ggelise
Mike that is hilarious....what a classic film 
We are thinking of doing the rear deck in foil to maintain a stable pressure in the accusump. What do you think? Will probably do a heat shield for the IC barrel in foil also. We are listening, it just takes time to get things ordered. What is up with your customer's car in Australia? Looks like he is pulling out all the stops. Heavily modded s1's Exiges are selling for big bucks over there ...I can only imagine what this guy has in this thing. I lived over there as a kid and remember how expensive it was to bring anything down to the bottom of the earth. What an awesome country! |
Dude, thanks for understanding my twisted humor and obsucure movie references!
The accusump's pressure will not benefit from the foil, except inadvertently by keeping the unit cooler. If you have oil temp problems beyond that, consider switching to a water-oil cooler like we discussed earlier. Oil pressure issues will not vanish like they would with a dry sump, but adding this device is a huge improvement and cheap insurance.
Now, back on the temperature issue: Depending on how the exhaust is routed on your car, you might end up with a muffler or some other (read very friggin hot) device directly underneath the accusump. This of course does you no favors and a layer of that foil will most definitely help. The adhesive on that stuff is higher temperature than most and should work fine in that application.
The Australia guy: He's just awesome. Great customer and he did great things with the build to make us all very proud. Top notch guy all around.