Oil Change Interval

Your new filter will do the filtering and the screen really is just
there you can almost forget about it. I would go 3,000 and adjust
your valves and oil change.

GMCullan wrote:
>
> Greetings to all:
>
> The winter rebuild on my '70 Baja is going well. After LOTS of
> practice (especially overhead!), I finally got under the car
> yesterday and MIG welded the new front tranny mounting bracket in
> place. Relatively easy to do and I'm satisfied with the results. Now
> it's on to the motor, a relatively stock 1600 SP (009 distributor
> w/pointless ingition system, dual "buggy" exhaust, EMPI air cleaner,
> carefull set-up of carburation and timing. Runs well, uses
> approximately 1/2 cup of oil every 1500 miles.)
>
> I'm fitting one of the oil pumps that has a "spin-on" filter mount
as
> part of the cover plate casting.
>
> I've always changed the oil every 1500 miles, cleaning the oil
screen
> at the same time. Can anyone provide a recommended oil change
> interval when using a "spin-on" filter? Also, will the screen still
> need to be removed and cleaned? And if so, how often?
>
> Thanks for all your help. I had a good running motor going into this
> project and I hope to keep it that way.
>
> Best regards to all,
>
> Gerry Cullan
>