ShowcaseC6

With the recent thread about changing spark plugs every 15k miles, I began to wonder:
What additional maintenance should I be thinking about after I am blown (next week or so?)?

I'm still on my stock plugs @ 60k! Mostly stock engine til now, highway miles.
Blower oil every 5k?

PowerLabs

Supercharged cars don't demand any different maintenance from regular cars, other than more frequent belt changes (I do mine every 30K). At 60K though, you should change your transmission oil and your differential oil, flush the brakes, and lubricate the zerks fittings on the rear control arms if your car is Z51 spec.

ShowcaseC6

Done all the above ~52k except zerks fittings.

5 Liter Eater

Tires... Particularly the rear ones.

aTX427

You will probably want to change your oil more frequently if you had a short block built for FI because the ring gaps are looser than NA builds.

PowerLabs

You are probably right. You'd also want to run a little thicker oil in that case.
I never go to 0% on the oil life indicator anyways; I feel that the supercharger puts more demand on the oiling system (additional heat plus the oil is circulated through the supercharger itself in my case) so I like to change it when the oil life indicator hits about 35%. Still works out to a good 7000 miles o highway driving.

EuroRod

I change the oil in my ProCharged C6 at 50%. I change the head unit oil every other oil change. I use Castrol Syntech 10w40 in the winter and 20w50 in the summer.

aTX427

I just keep tabs on the oil color and if I run the car hard, I will just change the oil regardless. If you are running the oil through the supercharger, I wouldn't think twice about changing it more often.

ShowcaseC6

nope I think my p1sc is self contained

NormWild

Vortech oil needs to be changed the first 4000 miles then every 7500, not sure what it is for Procharger.

0Cunningham Motorsports

only thing i suggest to do is change your oil more frequently because you are putting more stress on short block... plugs i would change every 15k because most will (and i ) suggest to run the ngk tr6 plugs which are a copper plugs. alot of the additional maintenence will be based upon how hard you drive the car

coletrickle

I havent seen a thread on new spark plugs every 15k and this is the first I've heard of it. Anybody got an opinion or a link???

NormWild

I think that was my thread and there was no definitive conclusion. I would think 15K would be on the top end for F/I. If you are taking the effort to pull the plugs to check them at that mileage it is worth the $30 some dollars to put in new ones IMO. I plan to change mine at 10K.

PowerLabs

I believe most copper spark plug manufacturers recommend that the plugs be changed every 30K. I also feel that 15K is an adequate interval considering the added stress of how much power each cylinder is making, and the fact that the plugs cost less than 2 dollars each and are not very difficult to replace.
I have a similar point of view regarding the belt. Most manufacturers recommend you change the accessory belt every 60K; I like to replace mine every 30K because it is driving a Supercharger which more than doubles the stress on it.