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Interesting Outfit . . .

John Warner

John Warner

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Came across this yesterday, did a double-take!
Interesting layout, presumably to get the weight over the 'Chair' more ,and/or to get the Shaft at the required height . . .



 
Getting a good oil level to supply the oil pump will be interesting. Also I hope he sets up some crank case ventilation or he will be pushing oil out where he doesn't want. It looks like he may have blanked off the oil return for the vent system at the back of the block. Also with the angle, I'd be worried about the gearbox output shaft being slung with enough oil.
 
I'd imagine they've thought of all the issues regarding the Oil System, although I'm guessing they may have some minor issues on really long right-handers.
 
Looking at he round tank, they must have made it a dry sump.
Trying to figure out what the rear drive is.
Is that a 6 speed transmission?
 
jr1967 said:
Looking at he round tank, they must have made it a dry sump.
Trying to figure out what the rear drive is.
Is that a 6 speed transmission?
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Not sure if you could make a Guzzi engine a dry sump. The rear drive looks like a 70s or 80s vintage BMW rear drive because of the fill plug at the front of the rear drive unit for a separate oil supply for the coupler and the general shape.
 
Well, if not a dry sump engine, then my best guess is that they forgot there was a milk can on the frame jig table and just build the frame around it.....
 
jr1967 said:
Well, if not a dry sump engine, then my best guess is that they forgot there was a milk can on the frame jig table and just build the frame around it.....
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Can't really see enough to spot additional oil lines. Getting oil out of the sump and back to the oil pump pickup galley would not be very easy on an engine designed to be a wet sump. There would have to be an additional oil pump somewhere to get oil out of the sump to the "milk can", plus check valves to prevent oil going back to the sump from the can when not running.
 
It's not finished by a long way probably, so there's no doubt more lines/parts to be fitted.
Might not be easy to convert, but certainly not impossible.
 
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