aka Keith
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| posted on 23/8/11 at 07:50 AM |
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zx9r low oil pressure and accusump/drysump questions?
After eventually geting the suspension sorted on my car the front end grips like never before and the braking has improved as weight transfer allows
more retardation of the front wheels without lock up. so this is all great yes? yes. 
However, I have now noticed that I can very very occasionally get a low oil pressure warning light flicker on very very heavy breaking or on long
very fast right hand bends.  now this is happening on rain tyres and i was thinking of moving towards a trackday tyre but I expect that this is
will just makes things worse?
The sump is currently chopped and has a baffle plate and the oil is at the correct level. so my options are:
Stay on the rain tyres and check the oil religiously and forget about moving to track tyres
Over fill the oil a litle more and see what happens
look into a dry sump system
look into a accusump system
fix something else that I have not thought about yet
What does the collective think
cheers
Craig
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rj
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| posted on 23/8/11 at 11:30 AM |
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Mine is a simular set up, chopped sump but no extra baffle, I run oil level between 1/2 and 2/3 up the sight glass, i dont gennerally get any
problems, trackdays included, and i run soft tyres. The only time oil light ever comes on is if I brake hard and dip the clutch, i figure that it
needs some revs to keep the presure up.
I suggest you try a bit more oil, thats an often suggested thing for bec's
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aka Keith
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| posted on 23/8/11 at 12:17 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by rj
Mine is a simular set up, chopped sump but no extra baffle, I run oil level between 1/2 and 2/3 up the sight glass, i dont gennerally get any
problems, trackdays included, and i run soft tyres. The only time oil light ever comes on is if I brake hard and dip the clutch, i figure that it
needs some revs to keep the presure up.
I suggest you try a bit more oil, thats an often suggested thing for bec's
thanks RJ, I normally run it with the 250 ml overfill method, but I will keep an eye on it.
Cheers
Craig
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