why gibbs oil?

[brad hibbard]

XP9

3 is good when its cold out and/or dry slick conditions------6 is good in hot weather and/or hammer down racetracks

add them together and you get 9 -----best in average conditions

still waiting on my royalty check Lake----LOL

Brad

[sj valley dave]

LOL Good job Brad...we ran XP-3 before, but now are running the XP-9...We run an average of 50 laps a night...We run 3-4 races and change the 2 qt filter and about 10-12 races before we dump the oil..14 quarts in a dry sump..

[turner]

We run Amsoil and we usually run it all season, unless we get torn down a bunch. Its around 325 to 350 hp street stock . Thats about 400 laps on a quarter mile track.I change the filter every 7 to 8 nites which is around 150 or so laps.All the engines we have torn down have looked great. We used to run 20/ 50 valvoline and changed it every 3 weeks or about 60 laps, and the engines looked good also. I have noticed that the valvoline would be coal black after 60 or so laps and the amsoil is still pretty red after a full season.Never tried the gibbs, but it sounds like a good product. I pay about 10 dollars a quart for the amsoil. Is gibbs more or less??? What filters do you guys run. We run the wix race filter.

[stock car driver]

I run mobil 1 and change it randomly here and there, maybe 12-15 nights unless an issue comes up before then. Thats when I change my filter also.

I havent ever seen any noticeable wear and tear on any of my motors.

[ptodd]

really cant beat gibbs, but a good oil you can run for couple hundred laps is brad penn 3 customers of mine with 800+ hp late model engines run brad penn 20-50 and there stuff looks great after 1200-1500 laps it also is good stuff.

[stockcar5]

so...
again...
at what point does the gibbs or any other oil.
change color????

no one can answer that for you. depends on how hot you run your oil, blowby, excessive dirt in the engine ect..there will never be a set time for it to change color. why are you obsessed with the color?

[Steve_Hendren]

Sorry guy's, but as an engine builder I have yet to understand why you would spend thousands of dollars on an engine, but only want to change your oil every 7-10-15-20 races? It really makes no sense to me. Anyone care to explain this thought process? I don't care how good you think your oil of choice is, after about 3 complete nights of racing it's not doing what it's supposed to do.

[stockcar5]

i disagree, after 3 night my oil still looks almost like when i put it in new. have you done some testing to confirm the oil is breaking down after only 3 races? i got my info/suggestions from lake speed jr at joe gibbs.

[stockcar5]

if the money is there.
i change my oil every race gas or alky.
the second it changes color .. its polluted!
but if it looks reasonable . in a new 5 gallon bucket it goes, with lid. mosty when i run alky.
the pollutents will sink to the bottom and i will recycle when needed.
a lint free cheese cloth works for straining debree/pollutent.if needed.
too the guys that let it go.. your nuts. plain and simple.
crankshaft/bearing wear will prevail!!!

wow........

[sj valley dave]

if the money is there.
i change my oil every race gas or alky.
the second it changes color .. its polluted!
but if it looks reasonable . in a new 5 gallon bucket it goes, with lid. mosty when i run alky.
the pollutents will sink to the bottom and i will recycle when needed.
a lint free cheese cloth works for straining debree/pollutent.if needed.
too the guys that let it go.. your nuts. plain and simple.
crankshaft/bearing wear will prevail!!!

Got 1400 laps with 800 hp and the builder said the bearings looked absolutely brand new...LOL

[TUFFY]

Someone earlier mentioned amsoil.
How would Amsoil compare to Gibbs?

[stockcar5]

Got 1400 laps with 800 hp and the builder said the bearings looked absolutely brand new...LOL

1000 laps or so here. crank grinder made a point to ask what i was running since the crank hardly needed a polish. he said "keep it up".

[sj valley dave]

Should say the oil was totally changed once at 650-700 laps...Other than that, would change the two qt filter and top off...

[Chico]

3500 at a min 7500 if you use his springs 20000 if you use the whole Package

[stockcar5]

heres the color of my oil after 9 races..should i change it yet?..lol