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Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0

So what you have found is that the inlet is inadequate because sustained rpms leads to a drop in inlet pressure, and that leads to cavitation, right?

A few points of confusion:

--Shouldn't cavitation lead to a more significant drop in outlet pressure if that is the cause of the oil starvation, and you showed only a small difference in outlet pressures?

--If cavitation is happening then couldn't that metal debris be a cause of bearing failure? Moreover, shouldn't it show up in an engine oil test as metal in the oil?

--If this is the cause of oil starvation then couldn't this be replicated on a dyno or something, meaning, if it is just sustained rpms, and not sustained lateral g's or something else commonly related to track oil starvation, then couldn't it be replicated in a static environment? Is it common for oil starvation failure to happen, for instance, during a top speed run (ie long sustained rpms)?

This is the same conclusion solidsnake11 came to in the other thread.