Have done the search and am yet to find threads delivering all the necessary info which will make me confident that my $$$$$ motor is safe
This thread can prove to be helpful to the people who are building there 26 with today's depreciating currency. Not all of us can go from engine to engine, trial and error is too exxy ...
Asking for input from people in the know.
Anyways here is my dilemma.
After buying my N1 pump, I have decided it's not up to the job, I want to go bigger.
Problem is I've got a stock sump (got jun baffling) so only 5L capacity, i do have an Greddy oil cooler/ relocater, so maybe 5.7L.. The big name pumps have high flow rates so my sump will be consumed rather quickly at High hold RPM applications, overfilling to 6.7L would work but would be a bandaid fix..
Mechanic has recommended if the budget is too tight, I can retain stock balancer and just use shit loads of loctite to keep the bolt tight...
Narrowing it down..
-Hi octane sump with baffling and trap doors in conjuction with Tomei pump and Ati or Ross balancer ; $4-4500 ($300 saving on ross, but quality not as good)
-Above with stock balancer $3700
-Nismo pump with stock sump and my jun baffling $2000, the nismo pump retains standard flow rate.
-External $3000 + sump mods
Im thinking external is the way to go..
(Car is used for street/ track and hill)
If you were building another 26, how would you safeguard it? Keeping in mind today's $ value