How much oil damage was done?

synolimit · 09-15-2013, 09:04 PM

What oil, in for the report

thekinn · 09-16-2013, 05:16 AM

I already made a vote.. but what constitutes 'light lapping'? how many sessions? and what brand/type of oil?

mts · 09-16-2013, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by thekinn

I already made a vote.. but what constitutes 'light lapping'? how many sessions? and what brand/type of oil?

Castrol Syntec
"Light Lapping" = running about 6 to 7/10's on street tires. For reference my personal best on that track is 1:21 in a stock Miata (I don't track the Porsche). I was running 1:25-1:27 in the Z....definitely not pushing it at all.
"How many Sessions" = open lapping, maybe 100 miles on track, no more than 25 minutes at a time and usually ran no more than 2 or 3 laps once oil temps went over 250.

The car never went into limp mode. My vote was for "no issue" on my poll, but given what appears to be some hysteria relating to the Z oil temps I was interested to see what the track guys thought the results would be. Haven't gotten the results back yet, but I have been surprised before.

View Poll Results: How much damage was done to the oil
Pretty severve thermal break-down and viscosity change	3	9.68%
Light thermal break-down and viscosity change	6	19.35%
Oil will test fine, no need to change it	22	70.97%
Voters: 31. You may not vote on this poll

09-15-2013, 09:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
synolimit A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2013 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 5,051 Drives: 2013 Silver 370z Rep Power: 3391	What oil, in for the report __________________ 13 370z-

09-16-2013, 05:16 AM	#2 (permalink)
thekinn Base Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Michigan Posts: 208 Drives: 06 350Z LS MT Rep Power: 6863	I already made a vote.. but what constitutes 'light lapping'? how many sessions? and what brand/type of oil? __________________ 06 Enthusiast MT - v2

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