Sorry to hear about the engine and turbo, that's some really bad luck.
I don't think the crank scraper was necessarily the root cause for the low oil pressure, I have one on my car with an IE style baffle and I also saw oil pressure as low as 17 PSI at Atlanta Motorsports Park (very long left hand 4th gear sweeper). I haven't seen any glitter in my oil, but we'll see if my lead content goes way up in my next oil analysis. I got a trap door baffle from AAF to install when it warms up a bit, so hopefully that's enough. I'd rather not go down the full custom oil pan route you're going, it must be possible to keep these engines alive on track, the Spec E30 guys are doing it.
I don't think the crank scraper was necessarily the root cause for the low oil pressure, I have one on my car with an IE style baffle and I also saw oil pressure as low as 17 PSI at Atlanta Motorsports Park (very long left hand 4th gear sweeper). I haven't seen any glitter in my oil, but we'll see if my lead content goes way up in my next oil analysis. I got a trap door baffle from AAF to install when it warms up a bit, so hopefully that's enough. I'd rather not go down the full custom oil pan route you're going, it must be possible to keep these engines alive on track, the Spec E30 guys are doing it.
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