eggy790

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Hi all,

Just wondering how often you guys who track your scoobies change the oil?

is it compulsory before and after a trackday regardless of milage?

or do you run off a certain amount of milage such as every 1k miles?

Cheers

Eddy

bigarf

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if i am doing a proper track day such as cadwell where its getting hammered all day,then i change it before i go and when i get home.if i,m doing something like sprints at elvington which are normally only between 35-55 seconds per outing then i change before i go and then do the regular oil change approx 2-5 to 3000miles.unless another track day comes before.

scooby800

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i did my last 2 donington and rockingham on same oil and its not blown up yet il be changing soon tho as getting maped soon

eggy790

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cheers arf just the sort of answer i was looking for makes sense.

oilman

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It's down to the quality of the oil. A semi-synthetic won't last long at all. A mid range synthetic is probably done after one good track session, but a proper top end synthetic is fine for at least 10 solid hours of track use. We supplied oil to two cars in the Britcar 24hr, one used Gulf Competition 10w-40 and that was fine when the ECU died after about 12 hours. The other car was using Fuchs Pro S 10w-50 and that lasted the full 24 hours.

Cheers

Tim

eggy790

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cheers i always use millers cfs 10w50. so i assume that would be good for 10hours of track abuse?

oilman

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That will be absolutely fine

53

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Motul 300v takes loads of abuse

eggy790

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i used to use motul , moved over to millers for better cold start protection

bigarf

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it might not have blown up yet, but how much life are you taking from your motor just for the sake of an oil change.

Ciaran

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+1

£50 for a change of decent oil or £4k for a new engine at some point sooner than it needs to be

scooby800

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haha not as bad as it sounds lol only use it for track at the min not road use prob only seen 5 hours use plus using 10/60 compatition oil il be changing when i fit the fmic and bigger turbo hehe carnt wait

oilman

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Using a 10w-60 in an Impreza is no good though, it's too thick. 10w-50 is a much better choice.

scooby800

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its what the engine was built to run on the chap who had it befor me did this for some reason

Jamz_

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I change mine every other track day to be on the safe side.

oilman

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Sounds like its lost in translation, perhaps thats what the engine builder recommends. Not sure what he would do to the engine to make it need to run on SAE60.

Cheers

Guy

scooby800

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i would think he would have changed clearences a fraction its done 100k since and still sounds sweet it dose worry me a bit when its this cold thow. . . . . .

oilman

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Just give it plenty of time to warm up.

Cheers

Guy

scooby800

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that i do

was thinking of running 10/50 next winter tho nt sure yet. . . . . .

oilman

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That's a much better choice