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The two problems are NOT mutually exclusive guys...

I listened to Horse and added extra oil. I believe what he said about the Roush findings. It is consistant with all that I learned about the problem from several racers (why does accusump solve the problem when extensive pan modifications do not?)...

I think the crank whip is real too (we have an OEM damper guy on the CEG for Christ's sake). What Terry says about shortening the crank makes an excellent rational for why Duratec is prone to increased harmonics related issues.

Must conclude that the spun bearing issue is MULTIFACTORIAL - BOTH are true (and explain why some failures were clearly oil starvation sounding...hard right turn/high RPM) but others were clearly not. And why SVTs have had more problems - SVT's high RPM power band encourages high REVS - which is the aggrevationg factor for both problems.

GET A DM DAMPER and AN EXTRA QUART!!!