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Subject Here's my take on the oil starvation issue.
     
Posted by MixManMash on May 18, 2016 at 8:29 AM
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In Reply To Recent Dyno Results posted by CameronSF on May 16, 2016 at 06:04 PM
     
Message Since you're relatively stock you shouldn't have too much trouble. Unless you're an experienced road course driver, on sticky rubber that is. Tracks with long straights where you can go flat out and long sweepers can be problematic for oil starvation.

That said, I know of a local car here that lost an engine twice on 2 different road courses.

The first time, it spun rod bearing #5. The engine was rebuilt with forged internals, broken in, tuned. Again, on the road course, it spun rod bearing #5. After this, we speculated that their was a lubrication problem in the crankshaft feeding #5. To play it safe, the crankshaft was replaced with a good used one and the car hasn't had the same issue again despite being run on the road course, with significantly higher power levels than before.

     
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