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Old 02-11-2011, 04:55 AM   #25 (permalink)
JasonG
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Originally Posted by pounsfos View Post
as i do dyno tuning when i get a mod done.
the guys at my dyno shop are into there v8's
they have a car with dry sump, lumpy cam, and an ecu flash
they said the dry sump only gave them about 14kw.

btw there car makes about 470ishkw so yeah
I see the confusion here.
Dry sump does not mean they have drained the oil. It means there is not an oil pan full of oil under the engine. It is a constantly recirculating system with an external circuit, cooler, filter, etc.
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