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Old 05-21-2014, 06:43 PM   #57
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I gotta say man, that's a knifes edge setup. Since you have a pretty serious track car and seat time, you really might want to look at changing that up. I feel like long-term you'll have issues. I guess the advantage is you change the oil A LOT but still man, 13+ AFR and 270F temps sound like a bad mix
I have 129k on my engine, and change my oil every 10,000 miles.

Going back to high temps on oil, I don't ever recall seeing an oil temp related turbo failure on the WRX or STI (which is where I have the most turbo experience). Ring lands... are another story.
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