Oil Shedding Coatings

Discussion in 'Race 400/430/455' started by jmhock, Jul 1, 2021.

  1. jmhock

    jmhock Well-Known Member

    Anyone have experience with oil shedding coatings to support faster oil draining to the pan?
    Building a Tomahawk motor with windage tray, TA, scavenger pump and will be street use mostly.
    Appreciate any feedback.
     
  2. m louk

    m louk Well-Known Member

    Glyptal electric motor paint
     
  3. sean Buick 76

    sean Buick 76 Buick Nut

    I’ve never used it but it’s a good idea as long as it doesn’t come loose! Glyptol as said above.
     
  4. sean Buick 76

    sean Buick 76 Buick Nut

  5. jmhock

    jmhock Well-Known Member

    Thanks for the comment. Not looking at a paint product. Read about some new surface penitrating chemicals that do not inhibit heat transfer and bond at the molecular level. Only thinking about it based on comments concerning oil drain back for this motor. Would consider the louvered windage tray, scrapper and valley pan.
     
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  6. alvareracing

    alvareracing Platinum Level Contributor

    I polish the inside and smooth out all area that tend to hold oil. Lifter valley area and underneath around the girdle and main webbing area. I try to remove sharp over hang areas that could hold oil as the crank spins it around. I find this very rewarding in many ways. It's time consuming and I go through a lot of sanding rolls, discs, paper but worth it. Start with carbide grinding bits and work my way to smoother rolls, discs etc. IMG_0001_6.JPG
    Fernando
     
  7. Bens99gtp

    Bens99gtp Well-Known Member

    I was thinking the same thing with the block being aluminum. I would be afraid of painted on products, both in coming off and dropping the temp absorbing of the block.

    This has got to be a fine line trade off. The oil running down block has to be one of the main ways oil cools off especially if not running a remote oil cooler.......to fast and the oil temp can build up over time, to slow low oil level.

    In street application oil temp control would have to be much more concern than a drag race just given the long duration of run time
     
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