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Windage Tray Bolts
by
Gearhead
on 04 Nov, 2008 13:44
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Is everybody using the regular oil pan bolts when installing a windage tray? It's not terribly thick, but I'm sure it will not compress as much as the OE gasket.
Thanks.
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#1
by
TurboJ
on 04 Nov, 2008 14:07
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Stock bolts will do fine.
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#2
by
Mark(The Miser)UK
on 04 Nov, 2008 15:58
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Ok as clever as I think I am I've never seen a 'windage tray' [AFAIK :shock: ] Anyone with a picture :?: :mrgreen:
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#3
by
TurboJ
on 04 Nov, 2008 16:36
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#4
by
Mark(The Miser)UK
on 04 Nov, 2008 17:35
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Thanks for the pic TurboJ
So what is it, a DALEK?
More importantly do Quantum's need them :?
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#5
by
burn_your_money
on 04 Nov, 2008 17:45
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It's basically just a baffle to prevent the oil from slopping around all over the place in hard cornering/accereration/braking situations to help prevent oil starvation.
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#6
by
jtanguay
on 04 Nov, 2008 20:26
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also helps prevent the oil from getting whipped around the crank and foaming up... but thats only at high rpm :wink:
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#7
by
Mark(The Miser)UK
on 05 Nov, 2008 01:24
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It will fit the quantum pan if a small section is cut out of it. Not exactly necessary, but possibly helpful. I like the integral rubber gasket.
Andrew
Ah so it's windage as in meanderage :shock:
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#8
by
Gearhead
on 05 Nov, 2008 05:16
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I actually bought it because it was $30. IIRC, that was about $15 more than the reusable rubber gasket. Hopefully someday I'll need the "tray" part. Right now, I just have a leaky gasket.
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#9
by
VW Fox
on 05 Nov, 2008 05:47
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I've heard that there's a "mist" of oil hovering around in the bottom, and the windage tray helps eliminate it by catching the oil slinging off of rotating parts and making it drip into the oil pan. This reduces the mist of oil the crankshaft has to rotate through, helping lessen any drag caused by the mist. True/false? Meh, the `trays are cheap these days so one might as well use it instead of cork.
Any longitudinal application will require the small section to be cut out. The section to cut out is the area where the subframe goes under the oil pan (without the cutout the `tray doesn't sit flat with the oil pan's gasket surface). If you have a
special oil pan, there's more to cut out
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#10
by
zukgod1
on 05 Nov, 2008 07:53
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I've heard that there's a "mist" of oil hovering around in the bottom, and the windage tray helps eliminate it by catching the oil slinging off of rotating parts and making it drip into the oil pan. This reduces the mist of oil the crankshaft has to rotate through, helping lessen any drag caused by the mist. True/false? Meh, the `trays are cheap these days so one might as well use it instead of cork.
Any longitudinal application will require the small section to be cut out. The section to cut out is the area where the subframe goes under the oil pan (without the cutout the `tray doesn't sit flat with the oil pan's gasket surface). If you have a special oil pan, there's more to cut out
What is that pan off of?
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#11
by
53 willys
on 05 Nov, 2008 08:07
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X2 more info on that KILLER pan!!!
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#12
by
jtanguay
on 05 Nov, 2008 10:08
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windage tray's have been proven on the dyno to give a couple HP in high perf apps.
now translate that to a 70hp diesel.. and you'll get 1hp if your lucky :lol: but i too like the re-useable rubber gasket part, and the not starving my motor while i run through a corner real fast.
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#13
by
zukgod1
on 05 Nov, 2008 10:11
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windage tray's have been proven on the dyno to give a couple HP in high perf apps.
now translate that to a 70hp diesel.. and you'll get 1hp if your lucky :lol: but i too like the re-useable rubber gasket part, and the not starving my motor while i run through a corner real fast.
I agree, I didn't get mine because it had a windage tray built in but for the rubber gasket instead.
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#14
by
subsonic
on 06 Nov, 2008 06:43
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I've heard that there's a "mist" of oil hovering around in the bottom, and the windage tray helps eliminate it by catching the oil slinging off of rotating parts and making it drip into the oil pan. This reduces the mist of oil the crankshaft has to rotate through, helping lessen any drag caused by the mist. True/false? Meh, the `trays are cheap these days so one might as well use it instead of cork.
Any longitudinal application will require the small section to be cut out. The section to cut out is the area where the subframe goes under the oil pan (without the cutout the `tray doesn't sit flat with the oil pan's gasket surface). If you have a special oil pan, there's more to cut out
What is that pan off of?
Schrick?
