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Originally Posted by stlgrym3
How much of babying and monitoring do people DD their JRSC? Is this kit reliable to the point you don’t have to pay extra attention to every details under the hood each time you drive?
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Installed mine at 23k miles and aside from the defective blower unit(<5k miles) that was covered and replaced, it's been just standard car maintenance. I'm currently at 78k and the only thing I've done for the JRSC was replacement of the traction fluid just last week. I have a spare belt in the trunk just in case but the current one looks fine. Oil changes are done at 6-8k intervals using 0w-30 castrol and air filter is cleaned during every oil change. For the amount of added power and fun you get, it's worth the extra care.
As for driving, I just warm up for a couple minutes every morning and keep the revs low until the engine it up to operating temperature. You can get decent oil temp readings from the Torque App and a OBD2 scan tool. There's a thread with the formula and sensor setting for torque to get the oil temps somewhere in the forums. The only other thing I monitor is engine oil pressure which I have a gauge with a sensor installed in place of the oil gallery plug. Mainly for my own peace of mind but I don't think it's necessary.
Hope this helps.