►Oil pressure is what keeps all of those spinning components happy inside your engine. The more RPMs there are, the more pressure there needs to be, and a lack of it means bad news for health and longevity. Considering the BMW N20 engine wasn't engineered with outright performance in mind, many spirited owners have found that there are serious issues with the oiling system during hard cornering. Because of BMW's oil pan design, the engine oil easily sloshes away from the oil pick-up tube under hard braking and cornering, leaving the engine at dangerously low pressure. However, that no longer needs to be the case.
The aftermarket largely overlooked the N20 and left it without a solution, so FCP Euro's Automotive Design Engineer, Alex Nelson, stepped in. During the 328si build, he scanned the inside of the OE oil pan and the bottom of the engine to create a simple baffle that would eliminate all pressure worries.
With the prototype installed in the 328si, Alex and FCP Euro regular Gareth Foley took the build and a stock 328i to the FCP Euro Proving Grounds to get empirical data on just how much the first component designed in-house at FCP Euro improves the N20's oil pressure issues.
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00:00 - Introduction
01:11 - No Oil Pan Baffle Test
03:38 - How We Fixed The Problem
04:53 - Oil Pan Baffle Test
08:30 - Stock F30 Data Review
12:30 - Oil Pan Baffle Data Review
16:12 - Conclusion