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Old 02-27-2018, 03:53 PM   #28
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Originally Posted by Lunatic View Post
I am supercharged, on e-85, 50,000 miles on the car and dozens of track days. I just pulled the motor for a blown head gasket. I have always used PUROL 10-40 and the bearings looked as good as new.
That's a bit thick for stock clearances.

Do you know the cause of your blown head gasket? Typically it's either knocking from fuel starvation (common with boost + e85 + left turns on track), or overheating.

IIRC, you have some cooling mods.
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