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Originally Posted by AU N EGL
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I was gouing to say CATIA / Pro Engineer / Auto CAD etc……but thought someone would say "whats that"……..anyway, yeah I have looked at those warhawk blocks before and they are certainly a better choice than the C5R, the reason being they have more external "meat", that would lend themselves very well to being fully stressed in an LMP1 application…….but they would still need a fair amount of the block skirt machined off, to the same height as the main cap split, which would allow a 1 piece billet sump with integral main caps, this would make the engine much stiffer, lighter and tidyer, and most important of all………allow a sensible dry sump scavenge system to be packaged for the lowest engine mounting position possible.
Very logical thinking in re-working the lube system, very good modification and power save for the oil pump