Yeah I am a fan of shorter intervals with good oil rather than running the extended interval spec stuff (Castrol Professional). The money saved is going towards my timing chain guides fund but so far so good at 105 k miles.
Engine oil analysis results on 2010 LR4 V8
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Our latest (125kmi) UOA is attached. Wear metals still look great, iron is down again, but it was a shorter interval again (4k vs 7k, vs 10k originally). TBN was a little lower than I'd like for a short interval but not of concern unless trying for extended intervals, which I'm not.
This was the FIRST analysis with Red Line 5W-20. As mentioned before, I switched to Red Line because the dealership only carries 0W-20 now and I didn't want to go any thinner. The additive package is very different in the Red Line vs dealer Castrol, as expected. There are significantly higher levels of ZDDP and moly, which is great. Interestingly the calcium is the same. The same Red Line 5W-20 went back into the sump, with a Genuine Land Rover China filter, with plans to change next at 5kmi / 130k.
Oil consumption appears to be zero on the electronic dipstick, as previously. I measured only ~0.5 quart less drained out with Red Line vs ~1.0qt difference with Castrol, but it was a shorter interval so that's not apples-to-apples. I'd like to think consumption is less with the Red Line though, given the co$t.
Also, there were another couple dozen dragstrip runs in summer 2019. My wife ended up in 2nd place for the 2019 Street Truck track championship at Firebird Raceway, out of 38 total contenders. We've gotta be the only loonies bracket racing an LR4... semi-successfully, no less!
Photo below was from one of the race wins in early 2019.
This was the FIRST analysis with Red Line 5W-20. As mentioned before, I switched to Red Line because the dealership only carries 0W-20 now and I didn't want to go any thinner. The additive package is very different in the Red Line vs dealer Castrol, as expected. There are significantly higher levels of ZDDP and moly, which is great. Interestingly the calcium is the same. The same Red Line 5W-20 went back into the sump, with a Genuine Land Rover China filter, with plans to change next at 5kmi / 130k.
Oil consumption appears to be zero on the electronic dipstick, as previously. I measured only ~0.5 quart less drained out with Red Line vs ~1.0qt difference with Castrol, but it was a shorter interval so that's not apples-to-apples. I'd like to think consumption is less with the Red Line though, given the co$t.
Also, there were another couple dozen dragstrip runs in summer 2019. My wife ended up in 2nd place for the 2019 Street Truck track championship at Firebird Raceway, out of 38 total contenders. We've gotta be the only loonies bracket racing an LR4... semi-successfully, no less!
Photo below was from one of the race wins in early 2019.
I always thought that the LR4's sport mode was way too aggressive for normal driving. (Unlike the more subtle Dynamic mode in a Velar) However, put the LR4 in sport mode, rapidly depress the gas pedal to the floor and watch the tach as each gear change snaps off at the red line. Perfect for drag racing.
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This is fire!!
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Can it smoke all four tires if you turn off TC?
Do people even do a burnout for bracket racing?
That is cool to see.
Do people even do a burnout for bracket racing?
That is cool to see.
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LOL! Not a chance. The LR4 is too heavy, and has too much grip. The track surface can - at times - literally pull your shoes off your feet, it's so sticky. I'm not even sure if the LR4 can spin all four tires on wet pavement. Hmm, I may have to try that.
Faster, 2-wheel drive cars often do burnouts. On our 12-14 second rear-wheel drive Mercedes that we bracket race in other classes, we normally do a short burnout. Mostly to clean the tires and put a little heat in them. Longer burnout on street tires, short burnout on the quicker cars with drag radials.
Thanks! Bracket racing is a blast, relatively inexpensive, and highly addictive... be careful before you give it a try. After a few years road-racing motorcycles (sportbikes) in the late 90's, I had always poo-pood drag racing as boring. Then I moved to Boise where there was no road courses closer than 6 hours, but there was a dragstrip 15 mins away. I went at first just to see what the car would do. Hook, line, sinker... we're now both card-carrying NHRA members and pre-COVID, had contended multiple classes each year. Although my wife didn't win the Street Truck championship last year, second place is still pretty darn good, and she pulled off her third track championship - winning the Outlaw Street class in her Mercedes four-door sedan. Some guys with cars that pull wheelies can get cranky when some girl in a big ol' sedan puts them on the trailer...
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I might have to try that as well. Do you get a puddle to pull through prior to the burnout?
My dad was a big drag racer in his youth. I never caught that bug, but was a fairly serious autocrosser prior to my kids coming along.
I will say that everybody owes it to themselves to attend a top fuel drag race at some point in their life. By far the most visceral sporting event I have ever attended. Ground shakes, deafening, can't breathe from the nitromethane and you can stand right over the guys and watch them break down the engines after each run.
My dad was a big drag racer in his youth. I never caught that bug, but was a fairly serious autocrosser prior to my kids coming along.
I will say that everybody owes it to themselves to attend a top fuel drag race at some point in their life. By far the most visceral sporting event I have ever attended. Ground shakes, deafening, can't breathe from the nitromethane and you can stand right over the guys and watch them break down the engines after each run.
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At some tracks, you are forced to pull through the waterbox (puddle) as there may not be room to drive around it, if you want to keep your tires dry. Mission Raceway in Canada (eh!) is like that. Thankfully, Firebird has plenty of room for street vehicles to drive around the water if desired. Not that damp tires would cause wheelspin on the 3-ton LR4 though.
That's on the bucket list. The local track isn't large enough to get Top Fuel cars. Quickest stuff we see is in the 5-second range over the full quarter mile (not 1000' as in Top Fuel), and 250-260mph or so. The jet cars are pretty cool too, they put on a show a couple times per year at the larger events.
I would love to play on dirt bikes sometime. But I don't have time, and I'm afraid if I try it, I'll end up buying a pair of bikes and a trailer to haul them...
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