Thanks for the response Mike.

Let's keep this one going....

Like Dre asked above I too am interested in the oil setup basically is there a different pump required when using a block with piston squirters?

Mike

 

that and did you use any sort of oil cooling

 

On the motor Axis built for me, I have Spec C oil pump. It supposed to flow more than usual. I have a pic somewhere showing the difference between the two. I am pretty sure you can use a normal pump as well.

Oil squirters do magic for oil temp and water temp. My motor is always very "cool". And, I don't even have a stock oil "puck" cooler.

I am getting a large GReddy oil cooler still though.

 

the engine only needs ~30psi @ 2800 RPMS. We used an sti oil pump in this case. It made enough oil pressure to blow the seals on the first turbo LOL. So no, we didnt have any issues with oil pressure.

-Mike

 

We had an oil cooler on there, but for the winter it is not hooked up... Things almost get 'too' cold when its 0-25 degrees outside heh

-Mike

 

i coudl see that as being a problem somewhere they had a bypass valve where only at a certain temp (225f<) it would let oil flow to the cooler. I know gary sheehan uses the remote oil adapter from the same company and they are based out of FL. (haha but i cant rem the damn name)

Is there any after market oilpumps aval for the ej series motors?

 

Cool thanks for the response.

How much boost with the right supporting mods do you think one of these blocks will handle?

Mike

 

Just thinking about it as i was entertaining the idea of a weldon fuel pump.

 

30+/- psi, give or take... you can push anything... but how long will it last?

edit: we had a boost spike of ~57psi on a stroker motor and it held it fine... turbo blew, but the motor was fine lol.

This motor tuned properly can easily run 30 psi all day everyday

 

see above edit

 

Wow, that is some spike

I like the sound of this motor.

Mike

 

Um so do i jeebus!

 

"The Sound" is very unique indeed. You should hear it at 9,000RPM with a turbo pushing 23psi. Sounds like a MIG.

Me like!

 

Actually the boost spike was only 47psi, not 57. Car was quite quick for about 3-4 seconds, then boom. Turbo grenaded.

Engine didn't even whimper. It just took it all in stride.

I use sti oil pumps on all my complete engine builds. The manual states the engine only need 43psi @5000rpms, which isn't that much. I normally see something like 6 bar at operating temps which is 88psi. That's more than enough, even with piston squirters and all.

As for cooling issues, the closed deck doesn't effect cooling at all. Remeber, the head gasket has all those small holes in it, so it doesn't matter if the deck is open or closed. Water can only go through those holes anyway.


Finally, I would just like to say thanks to all those that support us and what we do. Those that know us, understand that we are only trying to support our racing habit by doing what we do and offering what we do.

Thanks guys,
Ron