Originally Posted By: twj348
......My oil pump is a pretty high flow design (17GPM at 6000rpm)......
I find that very hard to believe. For your engine to flow 17 GPM it would have to flow 1.13qt's per sec. or 5.66 qt's every 5 seconds. If you hold 5 qt's in the pan it would M/T in less than 5 seconds. Just think how fast the oil would have to drain back down to the pan at that rate of flow, then think how much faster it would have to drain back to the pan to keep it from sucking air if your down just one qt.
I don't think my old N14(Cummins) flowed that much, but its been a few years since I thought of that engine(great engine by the way).
I hear the same thing about my S2000 and how much oil it flows and I don't believe what I've read about my S2000 oil flow either. Call the filter mfr. and ask them what the flow is, Baldwin will tell you and I doubt you will find a small filter that will flow 17 GPM. Even my Baldwin B202 which is 4 to 5 times larger than the B161-S will not flow 17 GPM.
ROD
......My oil pump is a pretty high flow design (17GPM at 6000rpm)......
I find that very hard to believe. For your engine to flow 17 GPM it would have to flow 1.13qt's per sec. or 5.66 qt's every 5 seconds. If you hold 5 qt's in the pan it would M/T in less than 5 seconds. Just think how fast the oil would have to drain back down to the pan at that rate of flow, then think how much faster it would have to drain back to the pan to keep it from sucking air if your down just one qt.
I don't think my old N14(Cummins) flowed that much, but its been a few years since I thought of that engine(great engine by the way).
I hear the same thing about my S2000 and how much oil it flows and I don't believe what I've read about my S2000 oil flow either. Call the filter mfr. and ask them what the flow is, Baldwin will tell you and I doubt you will find a small filter that will flow 17 GPM. Even my Baldwin B202 which is 4 to 5 times larger than the B161-S will not flow 17 GPM.
ROD