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Old 06-19-2014, 04:20 AM
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DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THE SUPERCHARGED V6 RUNS A DRY SUMP OIL SYSTEM?
Old 06-19-2014, 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by spamone18
DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THE SUPERCHARGED V6 RUNS A DRY SUMP OIL SYSTEM?
No it is a normal system.
IIRC only the R8 has a dry sump system.
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Originally Posted by gk1
No it is a normal system.
IIRC only the R8 has a dry sump system.

Thank you for the follow up answer! Much appreciated.
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Definitely not dry sump, which means you may run into oil starvation issues if you are regularly running over 1.0 lateral G's, as you might on a track with a sticky tire.
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