Like everything else the answer is: Depends. Econobox or Ferrari. Of road,
race track, or morning commute. If you're talking about a TR3/4 engine for
the race track, I wouldn't use anything but Red Line 20/50. But that's
just me.
I spent an afternoon listening to their chief chemist talk about oils.
Fascinating, though I don't remember much thanks to my increasingly LIFO
memory. But there's some really good information at
http://www.redlineoil.com/whyredline.htm . I was most impressed by how
matter-of-fact a topic that seems so much about magic potions really is.
The guy was very credible. Made me almost feel good about spending a
couple of bucks per quart. My advice--get a case, put it on the visa, and
sign without looking at the total.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jack W. Drews [mailto:vinttr4@geneseo.net]
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 4:39 PM
To: fot@autox.team.net
Subject: Oil - what kind?
About twice a year folks on the lists discuss oils -- and like belly
buttons and opinions, everybody has one. Today I found myself standing in
the oil department trying to decide which magic elixir to use when I take
the break-in oil out of my engine. After all these years, I don't REALLY
know which is best.
Should I go with all synthetic, synthetic blend, or just dino juice? And
should I go with really light stuff, like Mobil 1 0-30 weight to hopefully
make more hp, or with 40-50 wt to make sure everything is protected?
Furthermore, on what basis could I make a halfway intelligent decision?
Everybody seems to have success stories.
Sooo....here's a survey of a different sort: Has anybody had a BAD
experience with an engine that they could directly attribute to the kind
of
oil they were using?
uncle jack
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