I would recc. before the Autox.
Old oil will have a much higher internal flow rate than old oil due to (esp
in cheap synths and dino oils) ash content, carbon buildup, and other nasty
thingies.
Those things are much more of an issue on a turbocharged car.
Im biased, and i would reccomend 10W30 Redline for abouy any turbocharged
car becaue of its great ability to not break down under high heat.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: H. Rodney Spear [SMTP:hrspear@coastalnet.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 05, 1999 7:39 PM
> To: autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Oil change before or after Autox? (newbie)
>
> I'm coming up on my car's first oil change, in fact it will probably be
> time the same weekend as my first autocross. Should I get the oil
> changed before or after the event? I will have about 5,000 miles on the
> car, and there has been no or negligable oil consumption thus far. Also,
> it is a turbo (oil-cooled).
>
> Thanks in advance. I'm looking forward to participating in and learning
> more about autoxing and have lots of questions, so if you have any good
> advice for a newbie, I look forward to reading it.
>
> Regards,
> Rodney
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