Has anyone ever tried or looked into using an Oil Accumulator? They make them for motorcycles and racing applications.
Oil Accumulators act as a pressurized oil canister that pressurizes naturally when the engine is running against an air cylinder. Then when there is a loss of oil pressure the pressurized air cylinder pushes the oil back into the engine thus reducing/eliminating an oil starved engine. According to the literature the racing application can fill and dispense oil almost instantly. It also holds at least an extra quart of oil that should increase the thermal mass of the oiling system thus helping keep the engine cooler.
The concept then is that as you go down the straights you are charging the system and when you go into a corner if you loose oil pressure it keeps the pressure up. And for $200 it seems like it would be a fantastic investment.
I have seen an article in Stock car racing magazine (no longer in print) that said it worked great in one of their test cars. It's a good read.
Here is the Accusump Oil Accumulator link
https://www.cantonracingproducts.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=24-046Here is the Stock Car Racing test link
http://www.stockcarracing.com/techarticles/1594_oil_accumulators/index.htmlTell me what you think, I am looking at getting one of these to try out soon!