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Originally Posted by Tom Wells
Pete,
Agree with Bill -> lose the thermostat.
Also agree about the Accusump. I wouldn't do a track day without it!
Tom
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FWIW: I'd pull the engine and do a complete tear down and see what's damaged and what's salvagable.....
I'd also lose the oil thermostat,add the accusump...depending on the type of oil cooler,you may not be able to clean it out.....if it is the "stacked plate type" kinda like a trans oil cooler, I'd say throw it away and get another,if it the round tube type,you should be able to flush it out and re-use it..flush all your oil lines throughly and they should be good to go.....I'm betting your crank will be good with just polishing the journals.
If it were mine, I'd wash the roller lifters in a parts washer and then inspect them, chances are most all the debris was caught in the oil filter.
I use 15/50 Mobil 1 synthetic oil in my race car,rev limiter is 7000rpms, and I've run oil temps as high as 270 degrees on extreme days, normal is in the 220 to 230 range......on cool/cold days, I block off part of the oil cooler with clear packing tape or duct tape to keep the oil temp in the 200 to 220 range......
I'd defintely change the oil pump, I like the Melling HP Series in standard volume/standard pressure, what's in my race and street motor.....
Looks like your oil filter did it's job,probably should not have much other engine damage.........
Good luck with it.........
David
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