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Originally Posted by ZDan
To go faster (at the track...). Power bump from 205hp 1st-gen to 228hp (really more like 240-245hp) 2nd-gen was hugely beneficial to lap times for me 
I don't think rtv issues are blown out of proportion. A certain percentage of these cars will have enough excess rtv to block the oil pickup. Buddy of mine lost his '17's (I think? later gen-1 anyway) engine at the track in '22, took it apart and sure enough, pickup clogged with rtv...
I had my new '23 inspected at dealership, they found rtv, removed it, and warranteed the work. Worth doing. Still concerned about pressure drop in right-handers though :concern: |
What percentage are we talking about...? And I want to know how many failures due to RTV were after street driving. From everything I have seen, usually it is the supposed RTV issue PLUS tracking which to me brings many other factors into play.. I agree, if you are going to be doing any serious driving, probably best to check and to watch temps/pressure but for normal 99% street drivers, I don't believe these are problems to get hung up over. There are certainly many worse quality engines for the price we are paying for the twins..