I know it sounds crazy and to some, downright stupid. It may be foolhardy, I'm not really sure myself, but that is what I'm contemplating.
I'm scheduled for a day at Pocono Raceway (long course road track) on June 18. The itinerary is four, possibly five 20 minute runs on the track between the hours of 11:00 am and 5:00 pm. My Mazda6i (2.3 ltr dohc, 16 valve) currently has 3700 miles on it and has had two oil changes already...both with Havoline 5w20 conventional. First change was at 1000 miles and the second at 3000 miles. Come track day the oil will probably have around 1000 miles on it.
I really wanted to have a sample of this fill to send into Blackstone at the 5,000 mile mark just to establish some sort of baseline. I also thought I could get an idea how the Havoline is doing in this engine and if my two early changes helped minimize break in wear. Dumping it for a synthetic or at the very least, a hgher viscosity oil would squash my plans.
Am I nuts for even considering running this day at the track with this oil or might it be OK given the fact it is still young and active (wish I could say the same for myself)? I bet it would be the only used oil analysis of a 5w20 conventional that was used during racing! If I did dump it for something else what in the world would I use given the 5w-20 spec on this car? I don't feel comfortable using the xw-40 or xw-50 weight oils.
[ June 08, 2004, 12:28 AM: Message edited by: mikep ]
I'm scheduled for a day at Pocono Raceway (long course road track) on June 18. The itinerary is four, possibly five 20 minute runs on the track between the hours of 11:00 am and 5:00 pm. My Mazda6i (2.3 ltr dohc, 16 valve) currently has 3700 miles on it and has had two oil changes already...both with Havoline 5w20 conventional. First change was at 1000 miles and the second at 3000 miles. Come track day the oil will probably have around 1000 miles on it.
I really wanted to have a sample of this fill to send into Blackstone at the 5,000 mile mark just to establish some sort of baseline. I also thought I could get an idea how the Havoline is doing in this engine and if my two early changes helped minimize break in wear. Dumping it for a synthetic or at the very least, a hgher viscosity oil would squash my plans.
Am I nuts for even considering running this day at the track with this oil or might it be OK given the fact it is still young and active (wish I could say the same for myself)? I bet it would be the only used oil analysis of a 5w20 conventional that was used during racing! If I did dump it for something else what in the world would I use given the 5w-20 spec on this car? I don't feel comfortable using the xw-40 or xw-50 weight oils.
[ June 08, 2004, 12:28 AM: Message edited by: mikep ]
