Is anyone working on a dry sump setup for the VQ35DE? I really doubt many people have considered it, but I'd really like to put together a dry sump setup for my car sooner or later. I'll probably have to come up with a custom design, unless somebody creates a kit.

thoughts?

if I designed a kit, would anyone be interested?

I'm thinking of integrating an oil cooler into the dry sump setup, to kill two birds with one (expensive) stone.

 

Did you get this idea because Nissan is working on a dry sump system for VQ32DET for the next GT-R? Nice but, yeah, expensive.

 

Whew, I don't think I'd ever have the money to justify something like that although, it would be nice especially for the people who are going turbo.

 

No, I haven't really been paying attention to the rumors swirling around the next GT-R (R35, I assume).

I want a dry sump because as soon as I can get my hands on a daily driver/beater, my Z becomes a weekend and track car. On the track, especially with a twin turbo setup (down the line), I'd like to keep my oil supply as cool as possible, and also eliminate any possibility of oil starvation due to lateral accelleration. The dry sump also has the bonus of reducing windage, which is nice too.

Doing just an oil cooler and using a baffled oil pan is a less expensive option and it might be the route I choose, depending on how everything prices out.

For now, the only oil cooler I know of is the Nismo one, and the few places that sell it are charging $1250, which is outrageous. I haven't priced out parts for dry sump yet, but I know kits are available for Modular 4.6, as well as the LT1 and LS1.

 

I realize the benefits of the dry sump setup. But, well I'm not that familiar with the system, but since you would be getting rid of the oil pan (no?), won't you have to worry about leakage from the seals? That is, when the engine is not running, won't the oil just stay wherever it is? I know there's an oil tank in the system, but still, can all that oil be contained properly so as not to leak? Or am I paranoid?

 

I don't see why oil leakage would be an issue, as long as appropriate high-quality fittings, lines, tanks, and pumps are used.