High G loads and Oil windage

[Tony]

I have been reading (on Celica web sites) the the 2zz-GE engine was only designed for a max of 1g load then the oil is up on the side in the oil pan. Is this the same oil pan used with our Elise? Where some baffles added .
I know on some windy back roads I will be pulling 1+ gs alot so is some one doing a dry sump kit ie. the Toyata Atlantic cars us a dry sump for that reason and the Celica celebrity racecars used an Acusump, a devise that hold about a quart of oil that when the sump pickup suck air it unloads its oil.
For someone like me who just takes the car out for fun on twisty roads not getting proper oil could do an engine in (burn some bearing) in a shot time .

Artic Silver Elise
BMW E30 M3
Mini Cooper S
Vespa 180 Super Sport

[MyElise]

Originally Posted by Tony

I know on some windy back roads I will be pulling 1+ gs alot

Doubtful you could pull enough and long enough to cause damage.

See MonkeyWrench Racing oil pan before you think about dry sump.

http://monkeywrenchracing.com/mwr_mo...toyota_zz.html

[Tony]

[FONT='Times New Roman']It can happen, on tracks like Nelson Ledges the long baked turn a friend who runs in the 24-hour race in a BMW 2002 blew an engine due to oil starvation but now runs only with an Acusump. I'm just fishing to avowed having a bad weekend one day, you can never be to prepare.[/FONT]

[Tony]

After looking at the options that are here now and what is still on the drawing boards I may just install an improved oil pan. I will only be going to the track once a year and the Acusump will be holding oil to long before getting used even with the other times being on back roads. If I install an oil pan like the one from Monkey Wrenching there is no plumbing with could lead to a leak and the car could be return to original in about an hour. My E30 M3 had the oil pan modified and all the people that I know who race them say that did the trick. And to all who may think it's not a problem to avoid just do the math at 6000 rpms around a long fast sweeper thats 100 turns of the crank every second so would you turn a hot engine over 100 time with no oil getting to the main bearings and think no harm, I'm not chancing it.

[MyElise]

Good idea! You might want to throw an oil temp/pressure gauge in there as well.