Oil Sump

[rb26dett]

hey guys need some help on this subject. i'm planning to take my car onto the track sometime in the near future but have heard from people that the gtr's oil sump is not up to the job. they told me that the gs i pull on the track would starve a part of the engine of oil thus resulting in a blown engine, possibly with piston coming out of side of block. pls advice if this is true. and if it is true, what can i do to rectify this, other than changing the sump?

thanks.

[GTS-t VSPEC]

Yes this is true, if your into serious racing then this is what I'd do.

1. Buy the Nismo sump.

2. Get a oil cooler (increases oil volume)

3. Get a dry sump.

With all those things then your engine should be fine:D

See'ya:burnout:

[rb26dett]

hmm...any idea how much the sump will cost?

[ed]

I know TOMEI sell a baffle you place into the factory sump to prevent oil starvation on tight corners.

[GTS-t VSPEC]

They are not cheap, try asking JMS or Subzero, thay have probably got them in before for some of there cars. nothing worse than oil starvation:D

See'ya:burnout:

[Silver-Arrowz]

Justjap have a sump which fixed this problem. 550.

www.justjap.com

I don't have one but have taken the car out on the track on several occasions. It doesn't seem to bother the motor too much. Keep an eye on temps cause gtr's get hot real quick. oil cooler is a must, radiator if things are very bad.

[ed]

From memory I could get them in for about 250-300 (TOMEI Baffle)

But yeah...nothing worse than the check engine light going on and loosing power.

Is this a problem with the RB25's?

[GTS-t VSPEC]

Yeah, RB25's are just as bad, if your planning any decent track work then make sure you engine will be well oiled:D

See'ya:burnout:

[ed]

Do the RB25's and RB26's use the same sump?

If they don't...would a Rb26 sump bolt up to a RB25?

I might get the TOMEI baffle.

[Silver-Arrowz]

Ed, let us know if your getting one.

[ed]

I wanna get one...but thing is...TOMEI don't list it for RB25...

I'll email my mate and he'll talk to TOMEI about it

Were you interested?

[Silver-Arrowz]

As a precaution, yes! Last thing I need is a busted motor. GTR's suck cause they're damn expensive to repair!

[ed]

ok, they're about 300 + shipping & tax.

shipping I might be able to get cheap (via container) + tax.

[46n2]

Q? : I want to take my 32 GTT (RB20DET) to the track. Do the RB20's have the same problems? and can the above-mentioned manufacturers provide the same for an RB20?

46n2 :burnout:

[Blitz]

Engine needs to be removed in a GTR to fit the sump baffles also.

I know this as im in the process of organising mine at the moment.

Im looking to use a Tomei item also.

[ed]

Can't you put the car on a hoist?

How come whole motor has to be lifted out?

:confused:

[ed]

How much was your TOMEI baffle?

[KamikazeR33]

does the engine need to be taken out on rb25 also nick?

[Steve]

Got quoted $400 from a place in adelaide to fit and fabricate add on for the bottom of the sump and baffeling. Increase the oil capacity too, which aint a bad thing.

[rb26dett]

i think the engine sits on the cross member thing that's y u have to pull the whole engine out.

got quoted 1k just to get the engine out...not a cheap exercise.

another thing, would it be ok if i didn't flog my car around the corners as hard? just wanna get some track time in n if the track work starts getting serious then i'd put the sump in.

is that risky?