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Originally Posted by FR-S2GT86
I'll keep that in mind when I talk to my tuner this Thursday. Thanks for the input.
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I think the simple idea is that 0W-16 shouldn't hurt anything, and would by theory provide good engine protection in comparison to other oils. When it comes to this car though, oil temperature is our biggest haunt and that can result in a poor oil pressure. So as most have said, especially in forced induction situations, you are absolutely guaranteed to get into higher oil temps if you choose to push the car. In the case of 0W-16, it will easily result in far lower than recommended oil pressures throughout much of the higher RPM range. So pretty much no matter how golden this oil is, it would be a risk in your case. Unless you're riding around at 190-200F at peak oil temp, this oil will only do more harm. Too lazy to link, but there are a couple of threads with data analysis on this forum with various oil weights that show how poor oil pressures can get with 0W-20 in higher oil temperatures.