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Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG
I regularly hit 250+ with oil cooler 
I also don't see the point of running 5-30, I did all last year and saw very little to no improvement since the oil pump seems to cavitate at 5800rpm and pressure drops hard all the way to red line. Watch rice classics video in his "SCCA T4 Build" thread. In his video you can see his car do the same thing, oil pressure is left gauge in the center console. |
What oil cooler are you running?
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Originally Posted by smg1138
Not trying to get too off topic, but did have sort of a related question. Would it be worth running 5w30 for autocross and light track duty in summer? Around here ambient temps can get well into the upper 90's during the summer and have wondered if I should switch to something thicker than 0w20?
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5W30 is the recommended oil in other countries not as concerned with fuel economy.