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How many miles FA20 engines can survive with track use?
I know it's really generic question but it comes from fact that multiple people tell me that "I'll break the car if I'll keep driving like this". And by driving like this they mean clutch kicking, aggressive gear shifting, redlining this thing all the time on daily basis and so on, so on... I'd say it's safe to compare to track use (maybe not exactly but let's just take some well known, worst case reference point).
On the other hand I'm trying to not hammer it on cold, always waiting for oil to get to 80-90 deg before crossing 3k rpm, always monitoring oil temps to not exceed 125 deg C, using motorsport grade high HSTS oil, changing oil and filters every 10k km, using high octane, high quality fuel, regularly maintaining car etc...
So I really wonder - apart from consumables like clutch, bushings, suspension components, tires, breaks etc - is this car going to fall apart significantly faster just from driving it hard? Are there any non-consumable parts that may easily fail due to hard/track driving? Us it gonna start burning oil hust from redlining? Is there any way to prevent such damage with some additional maintenance or better driving technique? Basically "Is there anything I can do to be still able to drive like an idiot and not trash my car completely in 2 years?". And how soon should I expect failures caused by hard driving to show up.
Last edited by lapsio; 10-29-2022 at 09:46 AM.
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