2005 JCW Challange - oil grade and supercharger whine
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Morning all,
I have recently bought a 2005 Mini Cooper S JCW Challange (original factory built race car) which is pretty standard except the GP Intercooler.
I have already done a 3 track/test days and am going to race next year, probably in the Trackday Throphy.
A couple of questions, firstly what oil should I be using - I haven't got a manual with the car..
and secondly, the car doesn't make the typical supercharger whine at all. It's really strange and just sounds like a normally aspirated car but is definately supercharged and makes all it's claimed power. Any thoughts?
Cheers
Simon
I have recently bought a 2005 Mini Cooper S JCW Challange (original factory built race car) which is pretty standard except the GP Intercooler.
I have already done a 3 track/test days and am going to race next year, probably in the Trackday Throphy.
A couple of questions, firstly what oil should I be using - I haven't got a manual with the car..
and secondly, the car doesn't make the typical supercharger whine at all. It's really strange and just sounds like a normally aspirated car but is definately supercharged and makes all it's claimed power. Any thoughts?
Cheers
Simon
To be honest I think there is a lot a hype regarding oil spec
Halfords Fully Synthetic oil 5W/40 is to the same spec and save £££s
Your supercharger could do with an oil change / top up
eBay item No 160669165243 will do what you want
Give Lawson a call direct on 01246-260665 say
NormanD gave you his number, he will do a deal
Halfords Fully Synthetic oil 5W/40 is to the same spec and save £££s
Your supercharger could do with an oil change / top up
eBay item No 160669165243 will do what you want
Give Lawson a call direct on 01246-260665 say
NormanD gave you his number, he will do a deal
simon clark said:
Do you recommend a Supercharger oil change because i've said it doesn't whine? is there a correlation?
It is something that gets overlooked, from my experiance with Jaguar XKRs they have the same make of supercharger, at nearly 10 years old I would do it BEFORE you have any trouble.There isn't much oil in them so what is there works hard
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