Finally got around to watching this - someone re-posted it recently. An excellent video.
I was not aware FCA changed to a higher volume oil pump for 2010 and later model years! If EVIC is to be believed, and I think it is because OBDII readers read the same sensors, my 2017 shows 35 psi @ hot idle, where the video guy showed 20 psi @ hot idle for his pre-2010 model year engine. I'd be concerned about 20 psi even with a non-Hemi engine!
So FCA clearly understood inadequate lubrication was an issue for Hemi lifter and cam failures. But - this is the important point - lifters and cams still failed post-2009 model year Hemi engines! We don't know the rates of failures for comparison - FCA surely does.
It's also instructive FCA installed a higher volume oil pump into the Hellcat Hemi. I'm unaware of oil pump volume upgrades as a rule for non-Hemi engines used to race. This also speaks to how inadequate the oiling is for Hemi Gen III engines.
Most of my other engines run 30-35 psi hot idle, which is fine for a non-Hemi engine. The fact that Hemi's still fail after 2009 (adding VVT raised the valve oil drainback angle for poorer lubrication), swapping to a Hellcat oil pump should surely help. But the final surprise was how involved getting to the oil pump is on a Hemi. It's too much for me in my 60's. Guess I'll just stick with the Red Line Oil & low restriction filter strategy and pretend it's all good.
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