Lucas_Gchips

Any one installed a Larger Oil Sump pan or even Dry Sump system?

xr4tic

The trick for a larger sump would be to create one without reducing ground clearance.

You could probably have one made, maybe start with a stamped steel VW oil pan and weld in a wider sump, that's basically what the Chevy/Ford V8 aftermarket pans are.

You'd also have to extend the oil pump pickup.

Probably not worth the hassle.

Dry Sump would be the way to go, but $$$$$

CharlieGSanD

Canton mecca makes some primo accumulators & eurospecsport sells a dry sump oil pan for the 1.8t

good mod to do if you spend lots of time in high G turns, but its not really needed for the street, so i passed on it


if you wanted to get really crazy, after you got the dry sump system on, figure out a way to drop the engine a few inches & lower your center of gravity

xr4tic

since it's only purpose is to drive the oil pump.

I'd love to do that, but like I said, $$$$$$$

Plus, where would you mount the pump? It's already cramped in the engine bay.

I don't think the engine could be dropped, the trans would have to be dropped as well, and that could cause some driveshaft alignment problems.

CharlieGSanD

;p

RussB

Moroso sells a U-weld road race sump kit for about $125. It's a flat "pan" that's about 16 inches wide and 2.5 inches high with trapdoors to prevent oil from splashing up against sump walls during hard turns. It includes a drainplug. You supply a stock sump, cut out its bottom, keep the stock windage tray, and weld on the Moroso pan. The finished sump looks like an inverted "T" when viewed from the front.

I bought a sump that was constructed this way from Winner's Circle, Ohio, for a 4 cylinder BMC road race motor. It adds maybe two quarts to sump capacity, improves oil flow continuity, and hangs maybe 0.5 inch lower than a stock pan. It's worked great for me for ten years.

Cheap and effective.