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Old 05-09-2014, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by mike tkach
totally different ballgame with a dry sump deal as the crankcase is in vacuum so it is sucking the oil through the screen.a wet sump deal will have some pressure in the crankcase and that slows down the affects of gravity.i would run the screen in a dry sump deal.
My thoughts exactly mike.
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How fine is the screen ?? seen everything from fine to pretty large...they are only there to contain parts after valve train failure..
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Originally Posted by ezstriper
How fine is the screen ?? seen everything from fine to pretty large...they are only there to contain parts after valve train failure..

Fairly coarse
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