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se7en · 06-09-2012, 11:26 PM

If you drag race your car every weekend for at least 10 passes with a high HP FI and forged internals.......how often should the oil be changed. Right now i change mine after about 25 passes, but is that too much or too less? Im using Amsoil and Royal purple

scrming · 06-10-2012, 05:28 AM

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Originally Posted by se7en

If you drag race your car every weekend for at least 10 passes with a high HP FI and forged internals.......how often should the oil be changed. Right now i change mine after about 25 passes, but is that too much or too less? Im using Amsoil and Royal purple

I have no idea if that is too much or too less... but I tend to change my oil after 20 or so passes... maybe even fewer depending on the mileage since the last change... car is also a DD...

SC2150 · 06-10-2012, 07:04 AM

Good idea to change pretty often when driving hard like that, but I would say you could go twice as long with no worries. I prefer Amsoil to RP though.....

jam3 · 06-10-2012, 07:15 AM

Every time I run it. No more than 10 passes for me.
Oil is cheap. Motors and labor are expensive.
I'm sure it's fine to do much more.
I'd rather keep all the insurance I can.

se7en · 06-10-2012, 09:47 AM

Im a big Amsoil fan as well, but RP has came out with some good stuff lately. Expensive but good. Amsoil is all i put in my Camaro

Thank ya for the responses

willhe64 · 06-10-2012, 09:56 AM

Once a year. That's still way more than often enough. I change the filter at least twice a year though, because we cut it apart to check for excess metal.

Edit: My race car is not street legal. Gets about 100 passes a year on it.

Edit2: Stripped the motor down after 8 years and there was zero sign of wear. Not even a hint of a ridge in the cylinder wall, bearings looked brand new.

Parag · 06-10-2012, 03:09 PM

the oil will last way longer than your nerves will. I just feel like i need to change it, even though it is always perfectly fresh.

Pro Stock John · 06-10-2012, 07:50 PM

Every 10 passes at the dragstrip.... sounds too early to me.

If I made 10 passes every week I'd change it every 6-8 weeks. But in the interim I'd make sure it was topped off.

If I was road racing at say Road America all weekend, I'd change the oil after a weekend but that's a lot of driving.

Andy@AMSOIL · 06-10-2012, 09:05 PM

If using the AMSOIL zrod I would reccomend double the drain intervals. If running 1/4 miles I would reccomend draining every 7-10 passes or 2000 miles if made a few passes with that oil

Pro Stock John · 06-10-2012, 09:20 PM

Every 7-10 passes, maybe you should specify how quick a car. We for example use Amsoil in a 7.4@195 and we change it every other outing but we make 1700HP. I don't think a high 11 second car should change oil after 7 quarter mile passes.

I can make 7 passes on a Tuesday night in a 12/13 second car, and I should change the oil?

Don't think so.

45 year old drag racer

THE1chopper · 06-10-2012, 09:24 PM

while we are on subject... how accurate is the oil life % meter on these machines, or does it just go by miles,or the last time the rest button was changed?

willhe64 · 06-11-2012, 09:00 AM

I think it also monitors oil temps too.

se7en · 06-11-2012, 09:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pro Stock John

Every 7-10 passes, maybe you should specify how quick a car. We for example use Amsoil in a 7.4@195 and we change it every other outing but we make 1700HP. I don't think a high 11 second car should change oil after 7 quarter mile passes.

I can make 7 passes on a Tuesday night in a 12/13 second car, and I should change the oil?

Don't think so.

45 year old drag racer

Right now i change it about every 25-30 passes in an 750+rwhp and TQ car low 10's right now. I make about 10 passes every weekend is what i meant to say. I use AMSOIL 5W30, but one thing to keep in mind is that i make my passes on more 1/8 mile tracks than i do quarters.

Do you thirty is about right?

se7en · 06-11-2012, 09:07 AM

[QUOTE=Andy@AMSOIL;5103833]If using the AMSOIL zrod I would reccomend double the drain intervals. If running 1/4 miles I would reccomend draining every 7-10 passes or 2000 miles if made a few passes with that oil

So thats about where im at now with running 1/8 mile and changing every 25-30 passes.

06-09-2012, 11:26 PM	#1
se7en Drives: 10 Procharged SS Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: The creek at the end of the dead end road Posts: 1,857	How often do you change the oil when drag racing If you drag race your car every weekend for at least 10 passes with a high HP FI and forged internals.......how often should the oil be changed. Right now i change mine after about 25 passes, but is that too much or too less? Im using Amsoil and Royal purple

06-10-2012, 03:09 PM	#7
Parag Drives: 2010 camaro 2SS LS3 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Denver Posts: 1,334	the oil will last way longer than your nerves will. I just feel like i need to change it, even though it is always perfectly fresh. __________________ stage III cam, 4.10's, custom CAI, suede headliner 461 RWHP, 422 RWTQ

06-10-2012, 07:50 PM	#8
Pro Stock John Writer Drives: 2010 SS / 1967 Camaro Join Date: May 2009 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 7,216	Every 10 passes at the dragstrip.... sounds too early to me. If I made 10 passes every week I'd change it every 6-8 weeks. But in the interim I'd make sure it was topped off. If I was road racing at say Road America all weekend, I'd change the oil after a weekend but that's a lot of driving. __________________ PROJECT HEAVY CHEVY Camaro Now: Mods for the Masses Part I \| Part II 13.15@106 1.95 \| 100% Stock 12.37@112 1.85 \| + Kooks Headers/Cats + 20" 555R + CAI + BW TB + UDP + Tune 12.06@113 1.70 \| + CD 3200 + 18" NT05R + RCR Intake + NE OTR + GPI Tune 11.84@115 1.59 \| + 3.91s + Race Star 17x7 Fronts 10.90@125 1.47 \| + GPI VVT Cam + BW Ported Heads + CD 3800

06-10-2012, 09:20 PM	#10
Pro Stock John Writer Drives: 2010 SS / 1967 Camaro Join Date: May 2009 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 7,216	Every 7-10 passes, maybe you should specify how quick a car. We for example use Amsoil in a 7.4@195 and we change it every other outing but we make 1700HP. I don't think a high 11 second car should change oil after 7 quarter mile passes. I can make 7 passes on a Tuesday night in a 12/13 second car, and I should change the oil? Don't think so. 45 year old drag racer __________________ PROJECT HEAVY CHEVY Camaro Now: Mods for the Masses Part I \| Part II 13.15@106 1.95 \| 100% Stock 12.37@112 1.85 \| + Kooks Headers/Cats + 20" 555R + CAI + BW TB + UDP + Tune 12.06@113 1.70 \| + CD 3200 + 18" NT05R + RCR Intake + NE OTR + GPI Tune 11.84@115 1.59 \| + 3.91s + Race Star 17x7 Fronts 10.90@125 1.47 \| + GPI VVT Cam + BW Ported Heads + CD 3800

06-10-2012, 07:04 AM	#3
SC2150 Account Suspended Drives: 2012 Camaro RS, RX supercharged Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Bradenton, FL Posts: 6,063	Good idea to change pretty often when driving hard like that, but I would say you could go twice as long with no worries. I prefer Amsoil to RP though.....

06-10-2012, 07:15 AM	#4
jam3 Drives: 2010 camaro ss Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Olney,MD Posts: 307 View My Garage	Every time I run it. No more than 10 passes for me. Oil is cheap. Motors and labor are expensive. I'm sure it's fine to do much more. I'd rather keep all the insurance I can.

06-10-2012, 09:47 AM	#5
se7en Drives: 10 Procharged SS Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: The creek at the end of the dead end road Posts: 1,857	Im a big Amsoil fan as well, but RP has came out with some good stuff lately. Expensive but good. Amsoil is all i put in my Camaro Thank ya for the responses

06-10-2012, 09:56 AM	#6
willhe64 Drives: 2012 45th Vert, 2011 4x4, 9sec Vega Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 2,188	Once a year. That's still way more than often enough. I change the filter at least twice a year though, because we cut it apart to check for excess metal. Edit: My race car is not street legal. Gets about 100 passes a year on it. Edit2: Stripped the motor down after 8 years and there was zero sign of wear. Not even a hint of a ridge in the cylinder wall, bearings looked brand new.

06-10-2012, 09:05 PM	#9
Andy@AMSOIL Account Suspended Drives: 4 wheels Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Digging for OIL Posts: 262	If using the AMSOIL zrod I would reccomend double the drain intervals. If running 1/4 miles I would reccomend draining every 7-10 passes or 2000 miles if made a few passes with that oil

06-10-2012, 09:24 PM	#11
THE1chopper Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Beaumont Tx Posts: 25	while we are on subject... how accurate is the oil life % meter on these machines, or does it just go by miles,or the last time the rest button was changed?

06-11-2012, 09:00 AM	#12
willhe64 Drives: 2012 45th Vert, 2011 4x4, 9sec Vega Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 2,188	I think it also monitors oil temps too.

06-11-2012, 09:07 AM	#14
se7en Drives: 10 Procharged SS Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: The creek at the end of the dead end road Posts: 1,857	[QUOTE=Andy@AMSOIL;5103833]If using the AMSOIL zrod I would reccomend double the drain intervals. If running 1/4 miles I would reccomend draining every 7-10 passes or 2000 miles if made a few passes with that oil So thats about where im at now with running 1/8 mile and changing every 25-30 passes.