frosho
WOLFMAN
Maybe you should research the effects of detonation.
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It absolutly can. Detonation normally will take out the head gasket(s) first but in our case the heads clamp down very well so the detonation travels further into the engine causing damage to the bottom end. This is more frequent in forced induction engines but can happen in naturally aspired ones as well.
seriously dude you need to research this before you talk badly about it...
the benefits out weigh the cost to install it..
you GAIN power from dry sump im not gonna go threw all this because i did a post before in a thread about the benefits on dry sump and how one could be setup fairly easy and cheap.
for what this guy is trying to do he dont need to spent thousands of dollars nor spend 100 hours or whatever in the garage.
my advice to you is research how it works and use your common sense...
Sorry there no way to do this cheaply and inexpensive. the pumps cost some coin, let alone all the AN fittings/line (only thing I would use) I bet thats just under 1k in parts......and u still need a custom crank pulley w/ a cog setup someway.
Who in there right mind would cheap out on the OILING SYSTEM of the engine. I would want the best stuff i could afford, if I were doing it. Sorry but this would take some time and would def. need help expirence in this area. But to me thats the right way.
ANd how much HP could u gain from a it. 10% being generous. Just get a crank scraper!
You most certainly can gain 10% additional power with dry sump. For the same hp gain and price you could buy cams? So whats the difference?

U guys make a dry sump for 650 bucks....yea ok. Sorry I wouldn't want it on my Beater. it will break,burst, or just fail. Let alone I mentioned two things. What bout everything else?
and HRK sorry I firmly disagree with that. I dont even like the 8" rubber hose drain on my S/C return. U can do that but u like doing things twice or swapping motors/money lost on a now toasted modded motor. Go right ahead. I am jealous bout this but not everyone has access to CAD or even a machine shop. Theres not much room left for the pump/belt if u locate it further out from the acc belts.
And ILLSHOYOU. I never said u cant....I did say 10%. Just I think it would be less. hence why I said generous
And u can get more than 10% with cams. wats the difference? idk u tell me ur pretty smart. (hint: bolt-in)
10% of 220= 22Chp. I would bet u can get atleast 22Whp with a tri-flow or +10 on a stock car....but who cams a stock SHO
Guys dont get me wrong. If it can be done on a budget and work. cool! But I, I would want all AN lines, oil cooler(s), thermostatic vavle, r emote filter, ect. To actually get the maximum benifeits from it AND on par relibilty with the much less complex stock setup. And that cost money.
Okay, to bring it to your level...rod bearing failures happen on what type of cars that we can use examples of?
N/A cars that almost never see maintenance, people run shit oil and shit filters and never change their oil or beat a ice cold engine etc.
F/I guys i cant think of one who has had a rob bearing failure related to detonation, only rod bearing failure i can think of F/I is yamasho due to hot oil.
i use the F/I guys because they maintain their cars, good oil, 60k etc
the knock sensor and stock programming on a unmolested SHO will probley never see detonation
**** the programming is so rich under almost all conditions you probley couldnt DET with the craziest spark map you could put in there
im not trying to be rude to you in all honesty im just stating my point.
also im speaking of SHOs here
seriously dude you need to research this before you talk badly about it...
the benefits out weigh the cost to install it..
you GAIN power from dry sump im not gonna go threw all this because i did a post before in a thread about the benefits on dry sump and how one could be setup fairly easy and cheap.
for what this guy is trying to do he dont need to spent thousands of dollars nor spend 100 hours or whatever in the garage.
my advice to you is research how it works and use your common sense...
i use the F/I guys because they maintain their cars, good oil, 60k etc
the knock sensor and stock programming on a unmolested SHO will probley never see detonation
Becasue cams for an n/a SHO are also a waste of $$$.
It happens. My last SHO would detonate at low revs (mostly starting from a stop) with 87 octane.
Edit: Make that any octane less than premium.
your SHO had another issue causing detonation.
on a stock or near stock SHO and quality 87 it should not detonate period.
Okay, to bring it to your level...
Buick grand nationals...you can build them, boost them, but a poor head design causes the head gaskets to blow from detonation...same goes for the 1989 trans am 3.8 turbo.
Fast forward to the GMC syclone and typhoon... head hasket failure fixed...detonation takes out rods, bearings, and cranks.
What makes you think this is different for older SHO models? I can bring up other cars the still prove that.
Detonation will take out the heads first, not many SHOs suffer this as the great head design. Why do you think rod bearings fail? It goes to the next weakest link...