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Subject:Re: "windage tray"
From:Alistair Bell
Date:Fri, 5 Jan 2001 19:24:11 -0800

listmember  Frank Grunthaler please speak up! ;)

he has one in his I4 conversion

Alistair

on 5/1/2001 6:16 PM, Bradley Flubacher at flubach@HOME.COM wrote:

> I was told of a beast called a windage tray.  I might be spelling it wrong,
> but maybe someone can point me in the right direction.  My understanding is
> that it is a tray that replaces your oil pan gasket and has metal bands that
> come very close to the bottom rotations of the crank shaft, purpose being to
> "shear" off excess oil from the shaft, slightly increasing HP.
>
> I'm trying to milk every extra HP out of this new 1.6L diesel.  Has anyone
> used one? know where to get it?
>
> Bradley Flubacher
> State College, PA
>