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Originally Posted by solidONE
It gives some peace of mind knowing the oil pressures are better than with a 0w-20 if I'm intending to track the car. I've seen the oil pressure drop very low into the single digits (psi) during idle after running the engine slightly hotter than normal using 0w-20. The better solution would be an oil cooler. As far as being strictly street driven during the winter time I wouldn't see a need to run thicker oil. Even if you like to punch it to redline now and again. If you're not seeing much sustained high temp operation I really see no need.
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Agreed. Street driving is much easier on engine oil (and the car as a whole) than track driving. There's just no way to push the car on the street the way you would on a track.
OP - you'll be fine running any brand-name synthetic 0w20 for street use and even some minor track use.