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Old 10-12-2021, 07:59 AM   #45
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Originally Posted by Shoebox View Post
Most common cause of oil delivery issues is dropping oil pressure at high rpm because hot oil has less viscosity. The oil pump design does this no favors. But hey, you know better than the rest of us🤷🏽*♂️

For the hundredth time, you choose oil viscosity based on operating temperature, and 30-weight at 275F has the same viscosity as 20-weight at 250F. I wouldn't track this car with no oil cooler, running 275F oil temp, with 20-weight oil.
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