Rb26 Oil Pumps

[32gtrsteve]

The idea is to run an electric oil pump as well as the standard one.

so that you could have full oil pressure before you even start your car and then when your motor did start the electric one would turn

off using a oil pressure switch.

to do it: remove the bungs out of a standard oil pump and then tape threads into the holes. Run a couple of check valves (to stop the standard pump putting

pressure back thro the electric one) then run a couple of oil lines to the electric pump.

You could run a oil pressure switch (set to whatever) so that if your motor dropped oil pressure the electric one would kick in .

[32gtrsteve]

just want to know if anyone else has tried this

[Shane_954]

People use accumulators that do the same thing.

Edited December 29, 2010 by shane_180sx

[32gtrsteve]

People use accumulators that do the same thing.

how do they hock up ?

[Nur33]

Yeah its been done, we have put one on our R32 Drag car, we have a peterson 4 stage dry sump pump with a 12v electric pump plumbed in-line. The electric pump is wired up so it can pre-lube the engine before start-up and is also used as a back up pump if we happened to break the belt going to the peterson pump, only problem is that it can only use what ever oil is in the dry sump tank but should give us enough time to shut down the engine safely.

Don't know how easy it would be with a standard style oil pump, probably not worth the hassle unless the engine is worth mega $$$.

Heres some pics:

[Shane_954]

how do they hock up ?

http://www.philsperformance.com/moroso_/moroso_oil_accumulator/g-60553.aspx

Basically hooks into your hose back to the engine from the oil cooler (tee'd in) via a -10 hose.

[T04GTR]

thats a very nice power steering mod!