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Originally Posted by F87source
So why wouldn't want the additional protection? You may argue that bmw has tested their oils and ensured that wear is appropriate. Then why would LL01 even exist? Why wouldn't it be just LL01FE? There are plenty of UOA tests showing better results and less shearing with non fe oils on track anyways.
So like I said before you run whatever you want, we get that you trust the OE fully, but for the rest of us capable of seeing the data showing LL01 is vastly superior to LL01FE and the top tier LL01 oils are vastly better than the genuine bmw oils. We will run those.
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I've seen a few UOAs where I think the LL-01FE performed perfectly fine for track usage; more importantly, I have not seen a UOA where I thought the LL-01FE performed poorly. There is no strong enough reason to switch to LL-01 for my use case, location, and on a completely stock engine.
I recently learned that the N55 and the S55 in the race cars specify LL-04. How interesting! While I don't plan on switching to LL-04, BMW has specified a thicker oil for their competitive race cars where track reliability is coveted. So who knows, maybe I'll modify my engine or get a poor UOA with the LL-01FE and move up to a full LL-01. You'll be the first to know
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