BostonDMD

1) How often do you change your motor oil?......

2) How often do you bleed your brakes?.......

3) How often do you flush your brakes?.....

4) How often do you get the car aligned and corner balanced?

Sorry for the naive questions, but maintenance is important for race car longevity....

thanks.....

DanR

1 every 6 track days or so
2 after a weekend (just changed to SRF so maybe less in the future)
3 every year
4 every other week ............ or so it seems at the moment (3 times this year and still chewing up tires)

DJ is doing it next time for sure

93 FireHawk 968

Change oil after 4 track days
Bleed brakes after every event
Flush brake fluid at least 2x per year, bleeding helps keep fresh fluid in the lines.
Align as necessary.

Geoffrey

I change the oil every 10-14 hours of running
Bleed the brakes every now and then during the season, but change the fluid each season (SRF)
Align and corner balance before every race.

mji911

Paolo, Stop trying to understand everything you don't know. Let the hairrrry dog take car of the car and you concentrate on condensing your schedule to increase the number of clients in a day to pay for it. Then all you have to do is DRIVE!!!!

BostonDMD

Mike, knowledge is power...... no matter who is paying for it......

RSRRacer

You can buy or rent knowledge, you cant buy yourself more time!

Let a pro handle your car.

Gary R.

Well then he is POWERLESS!



Just couldn't walk away from the keyboard in time, solly...

Bull

1. Oil every 4 days in HOT weather, 6 days otherwise.

2. Before every event.

3. Once each year.

4. Beginning of season, after 4 events (3 times/year) or as needed (been off track?).

The answer for #4 will vary by car and activity.

BobbyC

For my street/track car (not a race car):

- Oil change - every 6-8 track days or 3k miles whichever comes first

- Bleed brakes - don't need to

- Brake flush: twice a year - once at the beginning; and again mid-season. SRF.

- Alignments: ~ 3-4 times in season

gums

Tanny lube change twice a year, too.

Van

Paolo, how often do you floss?

Veloce Raptor

1. every ~1000 track miles or so
2. Bleed calipers every 2-3 weekends, depending on track mix;
3. bleed entire system including clutch 1-2 times a year.
4. every year or so






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d15b7

1 -- every 10 hrs racing.
2 -- when i change the front pads (every 6 weekends or so).
3 -- once a year, just before the first race in feb (and i do the clutch fluid at the same time).
4 -- i align before every race weekend, and usually check the alignment in between sat and sun.

i change the tranny fluid once a year, usually before the first race in feb. at this time, i always change and gap the spark plugs and clean the air filter, too.

btw, the above car is naturally aspirated and basically a totally stock power plant (mazda KL V6), except for mild boltons. my turbo powered racecar, on the otherhand, gets the oil changed every weekend and the spark plugs changed every day. there is a huge difference in the maintanence requirements between a NA car and a FI car.

hope that helped!

todd
ReidSpeed

M758

1) 2-3 events depending on the event length and temps
2) every track day
3) never
4) aligned every time I want a change or know something has moved. corner balance.. last one was a few years ago.