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Originally Posted by sperry
hard lateral G's (potentially reducing oil pressure, although Mr. Shields disagrees) +
So are there any internally bafled, or trap door style oil pans for Subarus?
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I did a little looking, but I haven't found anything.
'Course my EJ20 did have a pretty banged up oil pan... it's hit some significant rocks, and once the car slipped off the jack and landed on the oil pan, so it wasn't exactly the shape it was supposed to be, which might have exaserbated the situation.
A baffled pan might not be necessary. And as Mike Shields told me, he's never seen oiling issues on any of their rally cars, and they're drivin quite hard.
So the oil think might have contributed, but there's no reason not to suspect the simple age of the motor and the hard load I was putting on it as the primary culprits.