What Oil for Track
 

I'm going to be tracking my car and have no engine performance mods other than a Perrin exhaust.

What weight/brand of oil is best for a daily driver in Texas that will be occasionally tracked?

Also, is an oil cooler necessary?

Thanks

motul 5w30.

done.

While our driving conditions aren't the same as yours, we've been successfully using Motul 300V 5W30. We plan on getting an oil cooler.

Overkill on oil for a daily driver? Probably. Do we believe that it's one of the best products on the market? Absolutely.

I'd venture that either our shop car or Robispec's car has more track miles than ANY other FRS/BRZ in North America. We're literally at the track almost every weekend.

Thanks for the good advice guys.

The 300v is not something you would want to run on a street car with only occasional tracks days though right?

You'd be better served with something a bit less exotic.

Virgin oil analysis would indicate otherwise. I've been daily driving on 300V in my s2k for years. Almost 120k on the odo now, and still going strong :thumbsup:

Also, you want to prepare your car for the harshest condition it will be seeing, not the average condition. You have to do a LOT of training to complete that annual marathon right?

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Since everyone has an opinion about oil I'll contribute.

0W30 German Castrol. It's a good oil and available at Autozone, and relatively affordable. Eligible for coupons and sales. In your area (Dallas) it can easily be a year-round oil.

@Dezoris: I had the same line of logic, but ended up going with Motul 300V at @CSG Mike's recommendation. If you're planning to subject your vehicle to that type of driving, your engine should be equipped accordingly.

Well here is the thing, and clearly this is argued endlessly. For example, if you do 90/10 (Street/Track) most any quality synthetics will do for a random track day and autox. The expense of spending almost $10 or more a quart for some of the esoteric oils is just excess. Most UOA show that your common Castrol and Mobil 1 synthetics get the job done for most people.

I get it if you are at the track every weekend. I run Redline 0w20 mostly for the additive package and the high Moly content but certainly don't enjoy dumping $120 for a case. When I stop tracking the car I won't be blowing that kind of cash.

Just depends on your budget and priorities. I just don't want to give people the impression they NEED esoteric race oils in a daily driver that sees random track days.

And as to the question:
If you are in hot 100+ temps outside and plan to run a few hour track session and have the brakes to keep going, then yes oil cooler is important insurance.

What is your definition of occasionally? 300v is awesome no doubt but Motul 8100 is also a good choice if you are only tracking 2-3 times a year. Either way i would change it fairly frequently on the months of the year you are going to be on the track.

My choice as well for it's high temp / high shear resistance.

Hmmm...just noticed the German Castrol isn't API SM or SN rated.

Is everyone just ignoring the manual's requirement for an SM or SN oil? It says you should change weights for hard use, but does not modify the SM/SN requirement...

According to the Castrol website (German) the 0W30 is API SN/CF rated.

http://castroledge.de/motorenole/0w-30

I will try to remember to look at a bottle when I get home.

I plan on eventually switching to Millers CFS 0W30 NT.

They have proved it to add 6whp after just an oil change.

Here's the write up with dyno charts: http://www.millersoils.co.uk/news/20...Power-Test.asp

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