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Re: [Roadsters] Break-in oil & assembly

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Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Break-in oil & assembly
From: Mikep <mikep@bikeswap.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:25:46 -0700
So if I'm reading this correctly NASCAR teams are using 40 year old  
Japanese four cylinder motors? Yee Haw!!! let's go racin'!..... tongue  
firmly in cheek

Sorry, couldn't help it. I'll quit being a smart ass and go back to  
staring wistfully at my non running 40 year Japanese four cylinder.

mike

On Oct 10, 2009, at 6:48 PM, gregs672liter@netzero.net wrote:

> There have been some concerns posted latey about using todays oil in  
> our old
> Roadsters AFTER they have been broken in.  The concern was they were  
> missing
> the correct kind of additive package to provide proper wear care for  
> our cars,
> and that you needed to get a specific oil additive.  I asked my  
> engine guru
> who is careful about debunking these kind of things.  His response:
> "Bullshit.  This was started by a Nascar team (Joe Gibbs) who had a  
> cam go
> flat and decided it was the oil.  What it probably was was excessive  
> spring
> pressure.  None of my customers, nor anyone else in the industry  
> have reported
> any problems related to excessive wear due to todays oil.  I think  
> it is
> marketing BS to sell a product."
> I continue to run Mobile 1 without concern.
> Greg Burrows
> 67 2000
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: Ronnie Day <ronnie.day@gmail.com>
> To: Roadster List <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Subject: [Roadsters] Break-in oil & assembly
> Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:51:51 -0500
>
> There's been some threads on the assembly and break-in of "new"  
> engines. I
> noticed an ad from Comp Cams in the latest issue of Chevy High  
> Performance
> for a new break-in oil (*http://tinyurl.com/ygtkpxl*) they're now  
> selling.
> Looks like a great product to me.
> They also offers assembly lube and spray. Knowing Comp's reputation  
> this
> stuff is worth using, IMHO.
> --
> Ron
>
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