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Leaking and using. Not sure how much of each. Haven’t seen the plugs in a bit. Don’t forget there were 4 track days on this oil.

Previous UOA here. 125133 miles on the engine at the time of sampling. 2x 2-day track events on this oil (NJMP Thunderbolt, intermediate pace, street tires); one event at the beginning of the OCI, and one at the end. Aluminum is back down to previous levels and all other wear markers remain...

Motul at least goes out and gets the approvals, so you get to spend your extra money and effort without sacrificing what matters. :]

It's easy to imagine that rare and expensive things are better than cheap and common things, because... they often are. As you well know, having bought a C63. :] For engine oil, all you can really know (that matters) is whether it meets the manufacturer's spec, and the best way to know that...

Doesn't BitLocker encrypt the whole drive? I want to end up with an encrypted file or set of files that I can transmit in encrypted form, with or without the drive itself.

I want to make incremental backups of a folder (150-200 GB) on a Windows 10 PC. I want the backup file(s) to be encrypted so that it/they can be copied to other drives but not be readable without a key/pwd. Is there a way to do this with Windows 10's native tools, or do I have to go third-party?

Oil viscosity Tire width Ground clearance Overall vehicle size As much as necessary, as little as possible.

Very true. They may be using multiple ECUs (e.g. one per bank). I know that's been a thing for a while.

That's kind of the point though. This is a fundamentally different kind of engine because the design criteria are different, so the bike engine analogy doesn't work the way it seems like it should.

Fair point -- but there must be SOME reasons, or else someone somewhere would have done it at least once, no? This is the highest redline in a production car engine ever, and one of the highest specific outputs period, let alone naturally aspirated. Second highest redline is ~11k, and that...

Gordon Murray Automotive T50. The successor to the McLaren F1, by its original designer, designed from a clean sheet with no corporate constraints. Engine is an all-new clean-sheet V12 from Cosworth: 3.9L, naturally aspirated. Over 600 hp, which means over 150 hp/L -- again, no turbo or...

With FCP Euro, I see little reason to extend beyond 5k. Might even shorten it depending on track time.

Previous UOA here. 120167 miles on the engine at the time of sampling. 1 track day on this oil (NJMP, novice pace, street tires), near the end of the OCI. I had to top off with 1L shortly after that track day, so these numbers are probably mitigated slightly by that. Tempted to blame the...

I understand this perspective, but personally I'm shocked these engines don't have MORE problems. The fact that they're all pretty much bulletproof outside of 1 or 2 quirks is astounding.