Today I was reading on Tuners about a gentleman's engine buildup which consists of a crank scraper. Had anyone used a crank scraper on their DSM? His crankscraper was homemade:
http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=151866
I went to crankscraper.com and found this list of benefits which makes sense:
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· Less rotating mass for the engine to accelerate because of the removed oil
· Less loss of power because of excessive drag caused by the windage cloud
· Helps reduce engine damaging oil-foaming
· Helps avoid oil starvation by keeping the oil in the pan during hard braking and turning as well as during off-road driving
· Helps to cool critical engine parts by quickly returning heated oil to the sump
· Helps to prevent the cylinder walls from being overloaded with oil
· Can help with fuel efficiency
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Granted I just read about this today but initially I don't see any downfalls to running a crank scraper besides the cost.