Should I change Oil before I go to track tonight?

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Old Nov 2, 2001 | 07:40 AM
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Default Should I change Oil before I go to track tonight?

I do not have any means of FI but people in this forum respond quicker and are much nicer!
I want to run my car with new cluthc and fly wheel and the oil should be changed soon, but I want to know if I should do it a few hours before I go to track or should I just wait? OR does it not even matter? Thanks
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Old Nov 2, 2001 | 07:44 AM
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change oil and plugs, that's worth 5-10 hp
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Old Nov 2, 2001 | 07:57 AM
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seriously or are you busting my *****?
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Old Nov 2, 2001 | 08:05 AM
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Default Re: Should I change Oil before I go to track tonight? (2fastGSR)

What do you think....
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Old Nov 2, 2001 | 08:14 AM
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NO I'm lying.... LOL
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Old Nov 2, 2001 | 08:17 AM
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Default Re: Should I change Oil before I go to track tonight? (2fastGSR)

Before every event, I always change my oil and plugs.
People tell me that it's not necessary, but I do it anyways. It can't hurt. I use regular oil (penzoil 10-30), so it does not cost that much.
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Old Nov 2, 2001 | 08:24 AM
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Default Re: Should I change Oil before I go to track tonight? (FIxALPHA)

its always a good idea to do all those little maintenance things before any event. It will yield just slightly better times, and your car might run just a little bit more smoothly as a result.

For instance, in my case, changing the plugs and gapping them to correct specs shaved half a second off my time - it put me in the 13's!
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Old Nov 2, 2001 | 10:49 AM
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half a second? or half a tenth?
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Old Nov 2, 2001 | 10:52 AM
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half a second - 13.8 @ 103

With that kind of trap speed, I should have been in the 13.30's. I had a pretty bad 60' time, also - 2.2 - I think that was the problem. I'm jst not hooking up right in first, then not shifting right to 2nd
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