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FWIW and IMO when the LS (bowtie) engines were run in IMSA back in the day, they had to be allowed a dry sump to keep them alive, now I'm not sure if they really needed one or it was a manipulation of the rules, but they sure were losing engines before the dry sump systems were put on. The Boss engines never seemed to need those unless you were trying to get every HP available out of the engine. So.. I'm kind of thinking, that you could run a standard type engine with a wet sump and it would be fine as long as you ran a decent pan and pickup scheme.
Odd how that flat plane crank has had so many problems, they didn't have them back in the old days of the IRL and several NASCAR teams ran them over the years, Both of you guys seem to be running quality dampers. I wonder if the balancing is just not as right or as thorough as it needs to be. The guy that did all that for me has passed away, he could do everything from midget engines to Merlins in a P51.
Odd how that flat plane crank has had so many problems, they didn't have them back in the old days of the IRL and several NASCAR teams ran them over the years, Both of you guys seem to be running quality dampers. I wonder if the balancing is just not as right or as thorough as it needs to be. The guy that did all that for me has passed away, he could do everything from midget engines to Merlins in a P51.