Originally Posted By: tom slick
do you run your car at the track? do you drive at sustained high rpm?
Yes, I run the car at the track, though I haven't been in awhile due to (hopefully temporary) financial considerations. The track I run at is short, with a series of tight, very technical turns; it stays in 3rd gear most of the way around. So to answer your question, it doesn't really sustain high rpm's; I just take it up to redline once a lap for the instant before the 2nd-to-3rd upshift. I think the tires take much more of a beating than the engine.
I guess you're asking because of consideration over how much sloshing may be occurring in the pan (it has baffles, which I would hope hould take car of that). However, longer term, as I progress with my driving, I will be graduating to longer sections of the track, with major elevation changes, higher speeds, etc., so the engine should see much more severe use in its future. Best case, in late 2009, but most likely in 2010.