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Old 10-13-2017, 08:13 PM
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Large stationary have prelube pumps. Some truck / earth moving equipment has a oil pump on the back of the starter. ( the stater motor is powered up but the solenoid isn't triggered during pre lube. )

An accusump has limited benefit in a road race car. In long sweeping high g corners where oil in the pan moves away from the pickup and pressure drops, the accusump will run out of oil and then be somewhat slow to refill if the pressure pump was sized properly. Remember in a 1 g corner, oil in the pan is at a 45 degree angle.

A dry sump is much better. Making a dry sump pan is trivial if the original pan is steel. With an aluminum pan, I'd put a fitting on the side of pan + a dip tube to the bottom + screen and call it a day.

However, a dry sump has about zero benefit on a street car.
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