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    I always assumed the concern was oil flowing in reverse up the block/head oil drain passages
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    When we have one g of lateral load (could be acceleration, lateral or braking) the oil surface is 45 degrees to horizontal
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    It gets worse though, at 1.5 lateral g's it becomes 56 degrees
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    Last edited by DodgyTim; 10-06-2017 at 02:38 AM.

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