Help your M157 live longer

[UkrainianHype]

I've had this unplugged for almost a year now, definitely nothing negative.
In my experience I did feel much better throttle response/shifting initially (now I'm used to it)
I'm overdoing my oil-changes a bit though (every 3k). Car definitely feels more "intact" and "as one" when you are pushing it etc. I don't notice lag as much.
Could be placebo though as I don't have any numbers/ logs to back this up

 

[ALFAitalia]

Thanks for the reply. Most information on the dry sump explains how it works but to date I can't find anything that explain in enough detail to understand if this modification would be useful. I have to assume being a dry sump the system is pumping oil at a constant pressure because it cannot rely on oil being splashed by the crank dishing through the oil in the sump. I read the GTR and GTC have the dry sump and in certain countries it was an option for the GTS, but so expensive they may as well just buy one of the former models.

I guess warming up the car properly before high loads and 6 monthly oil changes is the best way to go.

The crank webs should never be in the oil even on a wet sump engine. Which is why you should never over fill one with oil. The webs will whip the oil into foam and air will be sucked into the oil pump...modern oil with detergents just make it worse. So the irony is that you put extra oil in "to be on the safe side".... then as a result you kill your top end because of oil starvation!

 

[UKGTC]

I would love to see the diagrams for both the wet and dry sumps to see where the oil goes and how it is sprays underneath the pistons.