Re: A question about headlights & Bijur system on a '32 901

Posted by Marty or Marston On 2014/11/2 11:52:15

Thanks for the all the information and the great photos on the headlight questions.

On the Bijur pressure question, I'm not sure that the question about the pressure is going to readily reveal itself. Being a retired aerospace chemist I learned at the bench that with a complex question with many variables may not have a single answer.

One can calculate the max pressure the system can generate with no leakage at the piston or elsewhere. But of course there are going to be a great number of leaks. In this case 35 points where you want to have leaks so you have a well lubricated car.

I posed the question because I'm going to install a small tank containing oil that I want to use for testing the system with and verify oil gets to those 35 points. I plan on using air to pressurize the tank and thought it would be nice to use a pressure that one would typically find in a functioning system.