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Originally Posted by SSLance
The builder asked me if I'd ever ran a Fram filter on it because of their bypass. I can't remember what I ran on it in the beginning, for the last 5 years or so it's always had a Wix Gold on it.
My uneducated guess might lean more toward an oil starvation issue than debris but who knows. The engine came with a 4 quart pan on it which I always overfilled to 5 quarts and I have abused it on hard corners for 4 seasons now.
Either way, I'm glad common sense kicked in and I took a look. Now I just have to figure out a way to pay for it...  |
That's always the "pay me now.... or pay me later" question when doing this stuff. Put off what you know you should do now... and pay more for it later. Either way - it doesn't ease the wallet pain.
I read these threads - and read where the guy is saving up to buy some nasty big bad motor and tranny - and I think to myself.... "wow".... I sure hope it's a good one right off the bat! Because, sadly, sometimes they're not. The Oddo motor in the Mustang was a reminder of that. Three track events - three "re-dos".
Now is the time to change that pan if it's still the stock one. Get a larger sump but more importantly get one with road race baffling. I had to do that on the Lotus - the minute I stuck the sticky Yokohama slicks on it.... G loading jumped up to 2 G's..... and that'll have the oil climbing the sidewalls in a hurry.