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Originally Posted by Val Walkinshaw

18 2SS 25k miles

Last oil change was Nov2020 before winter storage. Driven 3k miles last summer (blasphemy to only drive a Camaro 3k miles). Now she's re-emerging from winter and my plan was to change the oil before my next track day in June but based on the above, should I do a routine 5-30 change based on time alone?

Thanks

Check out the Track Preparation Guide (High Performance Owner's Manual Supplement) before your track day along with your regular manual to make sure you have all of the required prep completed. Using 5W-30 oil on track is putting your engine at risk and voiding its warranty! "0W-40 or 5W-40 that meets the dexos2TM specification. If this oil is not available, you can use Valvoline® SynPowerTM MST 5W-40 or Mobil 1® 15-W-50 engine oil)". The regular manual says you need to drain 15W-50 oil after each track day to switch back to 0W or 5W so that is definitely not ideal. The oil life monitor will go to 0% after 1 year if you don't drive enough mileage to make it reach 0% sooner.

Originally Posted by cellsafemode

Aren't you supposed to change the oil between "Track days" anyway? Like you should do it after a track day unless your track day is really relaxed.

Here is a used oil analysis with 4k miles including 7 track days and 7 autocross days and the company advised him that he could go longer between oil changes: https://www.camaro6.com/forums/showt...5#post10903285