oil temp higher after switching to 10W-60
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The full compliment of Ultra Racing chassis braces underneath has helped a good bit with this. The under chassis braces made a pretty big difference above and beyond just my strut braces.
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I'll chime in here for a minute too, I run 5w-50 in my car and I can see my oil Temps are slightly higher. Do I feel a 50wt oil is needed not necessarily as mu bearing clearances haven't changed, im more worried about oil shearing but even then I may run 3k on my oci so a 5w-40 would more than likely be fine but I'm supercharged and Beat the hell out of my car. For a regular bolt on m156 a good 5w-40 is what you should run. I run schaeffer's which is out of the norm for these guys but it has good amounts of moly and zddp in the oil which is good for flat tappets. To each his own but most oils are fine in 5w-40.
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From: Bozeman, MT
2012 C63 P31, 2023 GR Corolla CE
What do you mean by "going through"? I ask, because my last track/recreational car was a 2006 Cayman S that met it's end via bore scoring/oil starvation. I didn't do a full diagnosis (why bother?) but I lost a rod bearing at Carolina Motorsports Park. And then by looking at past evidence (though not evident at the time) from multiple oil analyses and the occasional exhaust smoke I think I can pinpoint the date when it started (a very hot weekend at Roebling Road - 100°F ambient temps both days of event). Suffice to say I was pretty furious to experience engine failure at 117k miles in Porsche. Thought those cars were designed for such use
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What do you mean by "going through"? I ask, because my last track/recreational car was a 2006 Cayman S that met it's end via bore scoring/oil starvation. I didn't do a full diagnosis (why bother?) but I lost a rod bearing at Carolina Motorsports Park. And then by looking at past evidence (though not evident at the time) from multiple oil analyses and the occasional exhaust smoke I think I can pinpoint the date when it started (a very hot weekend at Roebling Road - 100°F ambient temps both days of event). Suffice to say I was pretty furious to experience engine failure at 117k miles in Porsche. Thought those cars were designed for such use
