While I absolutely believe that the fundamental problem is design based, I also believe that driving style contributes to a number of cases.

Too often when I go to the track I see guys go out in their GT3s and..BAM...they are on it straight out of pit lane as if they want to break the lap record on the out lap. They don't seem to want to take it easy on the first lap to warm everything up.

 

Which car(s) had their rev limit go up with temps? That's an excellent invention and every sports car should have it. It should be a no brainer way for car makers to lower warranty claims.

 

Bmw had this in their 2002-2006 M3's

 

Thanks. Keep me posted if this developed further. It will be our first G data point. So the G engine has covered 14000km and I assume around 15 track days. Will be good if you can keep an eye on this for us...

 

Is there any reported engine failure from someone that was using 10w60 oil?

 

This is Modern Porsche engine. 20 weight would be too thick and cause damage at cold start from not flowing well. Today's cars run much thinner oils. If it were an M or an older Porsche 20W60 would be a great choice.

 

My car never smoked after engine rebuild.

Today, 4000 km later, it started with biggest and fattest fart of smoke I ever seen, after being idle for one night only.

No more fairy tales.

Things are back to "normal". I'm expecting huge oil appetite to follow.

 

Hi Levd,

give us more feedback please. what's about the past 4000kms? any track days? any difference noticed in the car? only top engine rebuild? car response?

 

Interesting. I have now done 1,000kms in the last 7 days since I got my car back after the top end rebuild. On the second day, after parking my car in the driveway with the tail of the car down the slope, I had the biggest belch on smoke on start up I have ever seen. it took a good 2-3 minutes for it to stop. Same thing next day, but smaller. Since then nothing. Bizarre.

 

If I didn't have bad luck, I wouldn't have any luck at all.

Went to Spa yesterday for my first track day after the engine rebuild. Car ran beautifully....except ...during the 2nd session I hit a deep hole at the end of an inside curb and burst my rear tyre.

There had been a 3 day race meeting the previous 3 days which included the running of the Spa 6hr. The cars were hitting this part of the kerb aggressively all weekend so the hole just got bigger and bigger.

So in the end it was my fault. I was just riding the curb too aggressively.

I had to get two new rear tyres so that they matched. And it was very expensive too since they have you over a barrel holding a size nine pineapple. Lost 2hrs while tyres were found and fitted. But I wasn't the only one, a couple of others suffered the same fate so the tyre guy did great business.

At least the engine ran strongly. And the grip on new tyres was fantastic. You kind of forget how good a set of new tyres are.

 

If i recall from reading a lot on this thread engine smoke has nothing to do with then issue at least i believe this is what i understood

 

It's already 4500 km after today's track training.

2 months after rebuild = 1200 track km (8 track days) + 3300 road km.

Car feels the same, but oil consumption decreased A LOT. Car is consuming 3-4 times less oil than before.

Only top engine rebuild, yes.

I'm doing better laps now, but my driving improved a lot, so it's not a better car response. Car response is the same.

 

Correct. They are not related. The smoking thing is more about the rings.

I have 7500km on the new G engine now. I was in NZ last week and put around 700km on the car including a 200km spirited back road drive. Still no smoke on daily start up and even after the car sitting for 2 months the smoke wasn't bad at all. I think oil consumption has increased a little. I maybe 100ml of oil in 700 km but that did include a lot of trips to 9000 as I was running in the Dundon headers :-)

 

Macca, good news on your engine. How do you like the Dundon headers? I spent about an hour behind Matt at the Spring Smokies event and came away with serious exhaust envy. Have a set on order.

 

I heard that my motor (late 2014) could be the "Highlander" one.
More than 30k KM, with a decent amount of track time.
But still drink oil.