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Originally Posted by jamestown
Hey just wanted to thank you for the detailed thread. I'm pretty much planning on copying the reliability mods you have done thus far when my 1le arrives.
How are you finding the improved racing oil pan baffles? Is your oil pressures stable on your current tire setup?
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Thanks, I'm glad you found it useful!
The oil pressure v.s. cornering Gs is such a beast that everything would look normal 99.9% of the time, but that one day you lose oil pressure long enough to cause damage, and the engine is done. So far, I have not yet run into any issue whatsoever, but the real test will be when I switch to R-compound tires in April (when the season opens here). Combined with the the Z/28 suspension/aero, I should be able to hold on to pretty good levels of cornering load.
Actually, my brother insists I am blowing it out of proportion, and he chose not to install any baffling on his '13 1LE. He will be riding on Nitto NT01s, which are very sticky, while I'll be on MPSC 2 or Trofeo Rs (I have not yet decided). If he runs into catastrophic and very costly engine issue, and I don't, then we'll know that it works. If he doesn't, it might also mean that our local tracks just don't have long enough left turns (which is when the starvation usually happens),so that it also a possibility.
In other news, after trying to see how the fenders would work by themselves, I caved in, and decided to get the rest of the Z/28 Aero! Yes, rocker panels, splitter, spoiler; the whole thing. These flares are just not meant to be installed by themselves, and if I trimmed their edges so they would not look out of place, they would probably still look awkward, and I'd lose the chance to add the rest of the aero. FYI, I found the aero kit for $950 ($1200 MSRP).