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Old 27-06-14, 04:49 PM   #9
Mark S
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oil over max is not good!!!

there are numerous race car ZS's in the MGCC, engine mods are quite limited (piper cams) but the units are reliable.
The sump seems pretty good out the box and oil surge and starvation is not a problem, a road/track car will only likely do 1g in the corners whereas some of the really well setup race cars are likely closer to lateral 1.5g.

Bouncing it off the limiter when the power is dropping past 6600rpm seems a little pointless unless there is not enough time to upshift and then downshift before a corner.

Fuel starvation is a massive problem and a well sorted chassis may be starving fuel with half a tank, the engine runs very lean during this time, so be careful.

All in all, a typical fast road/track day car engine will last a long time as long as your using a really good and not over or under filling it!
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