I've read glenn's article about the need for a Motorsports air/oil separator for track cars running race tires and generating high lateral g forces. I assumed this would not be relevant for me, as I still have my OEM Bridgestones. However, I had a LOT of oil smoke for a LONG TIME after my AX runs yesterday.

The circumstances: each AX session was 3 flying laps on the Redwood Region's (Zone 7) AX circuit at the Santa Rosa airport. This particular circuit is more like a short track than a conventional "cones in the parking lot" AX setup. Between each 3 lap run, I sat in the idling car awaiting my next run. After my 3rd run of 3 laps, I slowly motored over to the parking area and shut down the car. I probably ran the car for less than a minute after the final lap before I turned it off. Note that the final turn was a right-hand sweeper, with the lap ending in the middle of the turn.

When I restarted the car 5 minutes later, there was A LOT of white oil smoke. So much so that the other AX participants were alarmed. The smoke persisted for quite some time, and finally diminished as I drove away. Note : my oil level is exactly FULL.

Does anybody think this could be caused by the same problem glenn (and mooty) have experienced? What other explanation could there be? Should I let the car idle for 5 minutes after my last run? Do I need to do the air/oil separator mod? Maybe I should just drain some oil out to get to the middle of the range... Help!