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I believe it was the 99 South to I-5 North ramp in Sacramento for me. Started knocking bad bad bad within a mile or two after that. Car was donated.

Circumstances:

Was I going fast? For an on ramp.....Yes.
(I like to be going the speed of traffic when I merge.)

Was I close to red line? Yes.
(2nd and 3rd gears were fun.)

How long had the car been running? About 30mins. Normal temp.

Was the oil full? Yes, at the top line of full like always.

Was the oil new? Yes, had changed it a couple of weeks before.

What oil were you using? Pennzoil 10w-30.
(Don't need an oil lecture. I've switched to Mobile 1 on my cars, and I prolly should have been using 5w-30, but I usually switch to a heavier weight when engines get into higher miles. Ask 10 people, you'll get 10 different answers.)

What oil filter where you using? Fram Tough or Double Gaurd. Don't remember....
(Don't need a Fram lecture. Try not to use them anymore either.)

Am I hard on cars? Yes. Very.

^^ Is it a possibility that the oil filter is having problems streaming the oil at a consistent rate ? I know some filters do a better job at filtering, but that comes at a cost of decreased flow.

Greg, what were you running? I was running a fram when:

flying though some twisites, settled into a long, hard increasing right-hander and hit redline in second entering the turn, and was near redline in third exiting (yes, it is the most fun corner EVER), then a bang and a stall, car starts making bad noises... we find out we spun a bearing after it dies a couple days later.

It was in the middle of the acceptable range, but the oil hadn't been changed in a looong time... not my fault.

This is the main reason that I, and Demon, recommend Mobil 1 filters.. (among others, as well) because they are rated at a higher capacity than our pumps. I know that a mobil 1 can't be exceeded with a stock oilpump... So, for that matter, no.. the oil filter I am using won't have problems.

However, I don't know the actual ratings for the fram or toughgard or whatever they were using.


Ray

Thanks for all your help and insight guys. Basically i think im swaping to a 3L as soon as its possible.