Can you dry sump a type1 VW engine?

On 24 Jan 2007 15:09:24 -0800, "flybynightkarmarepair"
wrote:

On Jan 24, 7:34 am, "Jarhead" wrote:
"Fonz" wrote in ...
| Brief question. Is is possible (has it been done), to dry sump a
type1 VW
| engine, such as the one marketed by great planes? The use, inverted
flight,
| and mild -ve Gs.
| Thanks in advance for any replies.
| Rob.
| Melbourne Australia.

A quick search provided this link:http://users.lmi.net/~ryoung/Sonerai...VW_aeroen.html
EAA has a link too, but I am no longer a member and couldn't access it.
There is a Australian VW group called VeeDub that may be of help to you.

Everything I wrote about the subject in the referenced link still
applies, but I didn't mention you'll need to figure out a way to get
oil out of the top of the engine case, and possibly also the valve
covers, and run it to the shuttle valve. Not For Beginners.
Without adding a proper seal to the pulley end of the shaft you can't
implement the "rotax dry sump" solution. It works good on Soobs and
'Zooks etc.

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