... that if you aren't at the track, you're getting ready to go to the track?

Monday - Recover from weekend at track.
Tuesday - Mow lawn (since not home on weekends to do it).
Wednesday - Change oil, Bleed brakes, Wash car.
Thursday - Laundry and Pack for weekend.
Friday - Leave early from work to get to the track.

Rinse, Repeat...

I love this stuff.

 

I wish. Errr, ummm, you do have a job, right?

Edit: Oh I gotcha, all this is being done after the daily required 8~10 hours of hell.


[Modified by 4doorH22, 3:17 PM 4/18/2002]

 

wow you change your oil weekly? good job on maintenance hope you dont use sythetic

<---feeling sarcastic as of late

 

this week:
Mon. = relax from weekend ($1.50 import 's)
Tues. = cut grass
Wed. = wash clothes/inspect car
Thur. = leave early/pack car/($1.50 domestics lots of them)
Fri. = wake up early/drive on track
Sat.- Sun. = drive on track

Will

 

Yes, I have a job. That's my evening schedule this week.

I change my oil after 2 track events. Sometimes that's every couple weeks. Mobil 1 15w50.

 

So true...

I actually won't be ready until tomorrow, myself

Jason-
whose whole body is sore from car prep 101

 

My schedule this week:

Monday: Leave work early to get home and watch TV
Tuesday: Leave work early but dick with non-starting GSR in the parking lot for 30 minutes. End up leaving regular time
Wednesday: Leave work early to get home and bullshit at the custom shop in town. Go to Wal-Mart to buy oil change supplies but they don't have oil
Thursday: Go to 2 hour lunch which allows me to go to Target to buy oil. Leave early to get home and sit on my *** for an hour before going to work on the car. Work includes: Getting rid of the 8000 mile oil/filter on the car, packing, installing CB, cutting foam for extra padding on the seat, set the timing
Friday: Leave work REALLY early to start the 8 hour drive to Kershaw

 

My schedule:

Monday;Take and fail insurance producer test.
Tuesday: Leave work at regular time go home watch tv till 11
Wednesday: Work 8:30Am-9:00PM with NO overtime so someone else can rake in close to half a mil this year.
Thurday: Work till 5, Go home go out with friends
Friday: work till 5, go out on date
Sat:no work, sleep till 9:30-10, go to band practice till whenever in the night, go out and party
Sunday: do car work for the next week ahead.. when is my spoiler and calipers gettign here?

 

15W50 huh? Is that what Mazda recommends?
I've seen several posts about oil viscosity, and don't recall anyone running thicker than 10W30 in their track Hondas.

 

Does Honda recommend 15W50? That is what is going in the GSR tonight.

Why? Hot temps at the track plus pushing the car hard = hot temps in the engine = thinner oil


Cobra - Who doesn't like it when Hondas lose oil pressure

 

Oh yeah, I totally forgot it was like 100 degrees outside. Hmmm, looks like Mobil has gone from TriSynthetic to SuperSyn, whatever that means.

 

40Wt Redline in mine.

 

10-40 Redline Sythetic or 10-40 Castrol Syntec in mine.

 

How can anyone possibly not use Mobil 1? It is inconceivable. Unthinkable. Mind-boggling.

 

It means their graphic design team was bored...

 

Monday- work, beer, sleep,
Tuesday - work, beer, sleep
Wednesday - work, beer, sleep
Thursday - work, beer, sleep
Firday - work, beer, sleep
Sat - drive, beer
Sun- drive, beer

 

I'm thinking Yack must really like beer and rocking nads...

 

Good stuff.
As soon as the oil changes color, out it comes and new synthetic goes in. Seriously. I'm a freak about that.

 

what kind of business are you in?


[Modified by Crazydave, 9:43 PM 4/18/2002]

 

Mon-Fri : Work Till 7:30pm then work on race car till 8:30
Sat 10:00am 1:00pm work on race car 2:00pm-1:30am race car & pit crew for race car
Sun 10:00am work on street car or girlfriends car 2:00pm work on race cars

 

This touches on many earlier discussions. I've been a Mobil 1 synthetic user for many years, and rarely questioned it even when I could get RedLine or Amsoil or Royal Purple for the same price per quart. Maybe it's the legacy, or the logo, or the bottle, or the refinement rumors... but it's never done me wrong since I've never popped a motor due to oiling issues.

But what sealed the deal? At Sebring last month, I counted at least 25 pro teams using the *exact same* Mobil 1 synthetic, in 6-qt cases, that I'm so familiar with. How many RedLine/Amsoil/Royal Purple-using teams did I see? Exactly two, neither of which completed the entire 12-hour race. Holy ****, I remember thinking, their crankshafts alone are worth more than my entire go-fast effort. They must know that Mobil 1 oWnZ j00.

Jon
who likes M1Syn 10w30 for motors and 20w50 on sandwiches

 

OMG! You too!

 

I think much like Mr. Felton. I am not quite sure why I have always preferred Mobil 1. I have used Valvoline Synthetic and Castrol Syntec and NEVER had any problems with them. I like them just as much. There is no data that supports a comment of "Mobil 1 is better than the rest of the synthetics" so what it comes down to for me is a few factors:

1) Mobil 1 bottles look the coolest
2) Mobil 1 is the oldest synthetic oil
3) The pimpy red cap (15W50)
4) The number "1" in the name - because I like to think of myself as the best so I can relate to that

That is the order of importance as well. If Valvoline were to re-design their bottles I might switch. I don't know.


[Modified by Cobra, 9:14 AM 4/19/2002]

 

You might want to rethink Castrol, those new Castrol Caps are the freekin' bomb!

 

I saw that but I still don't like their color scheme.