nm9stheham
Well-Known Member
JMHO... I would not ever bother with a windage tray in a grocery-getter engine.
The big blocks are cheap the small blocks not so much. ($80-100)
Your decision. It doesn't hurt if you do but it's not necessary.
The big blocks are cheap the small blocks not so much. ($80-100)
Your decision. It doesn't hurt if you do but it's not necessary.
yep, worth it. However, just a heads up, you won't feel it by the seat-of-your-pants. I've never seen (or felt) 15 hp on mild small blocks. I know, I've read the articles, but I think 5-7 hp is probably more like it on a mild SB. You'll need an E.T. slip to see the tenth....
the current high prices (due to the USD vs. Euro rate) is what stopped my buying a new windage tray. At the moment it will be 147 Euros which is approx 162 USD. Which is a lot of money for a piece of curved sheet metal.
so it looks like i have to open the 273 motor which is in the Fish at the moment and take the windage tray out of it, as it´s not really necessary there, as i have a deep 9 qrt oil pan mounted on that engine.
i started this poll, as i was not sure which way to go for the 5.2 magnum, which should be put into the Fish. 5.2 Magnum nearly Stock crank+rod+pistons, a bit of head work, stronger valve springs and a mild cam (specs unknown at the moment http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=329710) Air Gap-intake and Holley 600cfm or 650 cfm Carb.
thanks everyone for your input
One of us should be able to get you one cheap???
Hmmm
Windage tray & why ???
Contrary to the resident guru's opine here...
H/P detriment by journal speed being slowed through
oil is only one part of the formula...
the other part (go study it up resident guru) is Heat.
I'll make it simple for You guru--- viscosity---
Yeah. Taint hard really. All one has to do is know what "windage" means. LOL
??? whipping egg whites into foam for a lemon meringue pie ???
Deadgum you. Now I want me some pie. LOL
Horsepower aside, I use 'em because I don't like air in my oil. Air sucks as a lubricant in internal combustion engines.
That said, does anybody offer crank scrapers for small blocks now? I looked a few years ago and couldn't find them. I was tempted to make my own but didn't want to screw it up. Would you run both a scraper and a tray?
I wouldn't need it.