I see said the blind man. I knew your truck was tricked out to the max (for road courses) I should have known there was a reason it looked like it was rolled over so bad.


Here is a copy of an e-mail my instructor from The Drivers Edge sent me. Sorry if it soulds like I'm bragging but I am proud of what he said. What about his concern about the oil starvation?



Jerry,

I enjoyed the ride too. You have the right amount of controlled aggression to get the most out of your very capable Lightning with a bit more practice/track time. Most students don't have the skill to "catch" their vehicle when they have over-driven their tires as you can do. I'm still hearing about your truck coming up on the little "cornering rockets" in the turns, surprising the hell out of them. The lightnings got the attention of other drivers.

One thing you might check on before next event. Look through the Lightning web sites to see if there are any oil starvation issues when driving hard in a long sweeper turns like #1 & 2 at TWS.

The factory engineers of my corvette for example warn open trackers to add 1/2 to 1 quart over full in order to have enough oil in the pan during long corners at high RPM's. Several corvettes have lost motors in turn #2 at TWS due to lack of oil issues. Apparently, at high RPM so much oil is in the valve train area, oil volume is low in the pan. With high cornering forces the reduced oil volume available in the pan, is laying on the side of the oil pan causing the oil pump to suck too much air.

I look forward to the November event. I'll be doing some testing with my race prepaired mustang. Hope to see you and your son there.

Wayne


Jerry

 

Jerry,

You have mail.

Bob

 

Bob,

You have mail. The answer is YES. E-mail me tomorrow @ jjordan@picofab.com

Jerry

 

Dan, I think you've talked me into getting a Lightning. Now all I have to do is sell my ///M3 first! Anybody wanna trade, or know of any good Lightnings for sale in the area?

 

Any update on the videos? I would love to see an L in action on a road course!

 

Mine was a ****pit camera video but it looks like I must have knocked the camera off angle, because you get a nice show of my dashboard for the whole video! lol.

Hrmph.

Daniel

 

Crappy!

On a funny note it doesnt allow you to type co(kpit. LOL

 

Any info on the possible oil starvation?

Jerry

 

The easy solution:

www.accusump.com

THE racer's anti-starvation tool. Baffled pans can be used also, but they cost more and are harder to install.

The cincher for the Accusump, though, is that it also acts as a preluber, supplying the engine with pressurized oil as soon as you turn on the ignition (old SAE studies showed that up to 50% of all engine wear occurs at startup).