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Originally Posted by The Radium King
oil temp is a great place to start. still concerned? then replace the oil pressure switch on your engine with a vdo combo pressure switch/sender unit and rig up an oil pressure gauge. you can track temps to by replacing the rear driver head plug (diagonally opposite the pressure sender) with a temp sender and a temp gauge (get a DIN two 52mm gauge plate and install in place of one of the cubbies in your car). watch your temps to see if you need more cooling, watch your pressure in sweeping, banked turns to see if you need sump baffling, accusump, etc.
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This is an excellent approach and I will definitely look into it -- a proper track car would allow you to monitor both oil pressure and temp.
Also agree with you on bringing the oil outside the engine creating the potential for leaks. That's exactly what concerns me with an Accusump. I follow the racing guys on this forum pretty closely (to me, they're the equivalent of test pilots in my previous life...) and I see them talking about how they still have the same overheating issues with third radiators, Accusump, etc. It seems these engines run damn hot, and they're in a tight, hot little compartment behind you with not a terribly effective way for that heat to be released. In my way of thinking, that passenger side vent should be a hell of a lot larger and incorporate a much larger fan to help pull the heat out of the engine compartment. That said, I also wonder if we couldn't have some sort of modified underbody panel with a more effective air scoop to pull more air into the engine compartment. These cars are pretty sealed up underneath, and the existing scoops in the underbody panel seem anemic. I know clearance issues would be a concern, but I think a better design should be possible. Or, I guess, remove the panel entirely...