As a 3.7l Roadster owner who enjoys one or two track days per year I am becoming increasingly concerned of potential engine damage caused by oil starvation as a result of enthusiastic cornering.
Apparently the sump is quite shallow and oil capacity limited leaving the uptake strainer vulnerable to lubricant starvation when the oil slops up the sides of the sump during long hard cornering.
The factory are well aware of this problem and have had cars back for investigation. Their recommendation to mitigate this problem is to over fill the engin by 2/3 of a litre of good quality oil....... not sure I am comfortable with that. Is the max make on the dip stick just for decoration?
The alternative advice is to dry sump the engine. ....... I can't justify that at 3.5K for the basic kit, plus add ons and labour.
Has anyone on TM fitted a larger sump with baffles to overcome this issue or in fact heard of or fitted alternative solutions.
A new engine is circa 12.5k, I think I might cry if this happens to me.
