If you have a Tractor Supply nearby, they have a 2.5 gallon can of Rotella
T on sale for $25. $2.50 per quart is pretty reasonable for that oil.
They also have their own in-house brand called Traveller for $20 for the
same 2.5 gallon can. Decent oil too.
No financial interest.
Bill----- Original Message -----
From: <fpspitfire@comcast.net>
To: "Tony Drews" <tony@tonydrews.com>
Cc: <fot@autox.team.net>; "Mark Eginton" <markconsultation@twcny.rr.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2010 8:57 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Break-in Oil
> I'm a VR-1 break-in guy as well if I'm going to run the race weekend.B
If
> it's a new cam that needs to be broken in I use Rotella-T then switch it
out
> to VR-1.
>
>
>
> After the first weekend I switch to Redline.
>
>
>
> aaron
>
>
>
> #87 HP Spitfire 1500
>
> Southern Illinois Region SCCA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tony Drews" <tony@tonydrews.com>
> To: "Mark Eginton" <markconsultation@twcny.rr.com>, fot@autox.team.net
> Sent: Sunday, April 4, 2010 12:52:10 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Break-in Oil
>
> Valvoline VR-1 "Racing Oil", non-synthetic is available at many local
> stores and has plenty of ZDDP (0.12 percent or whatever measure they
> use for ZDDP). B I dump a little GM EOS in too for extra measure but
> it should be fine without. B The other recommendations are good to but
> probably not locally available.
>
> I run one weekend with the VR-1 and then switch to the synthetic
> version of the same. B Half the price or less of Redline or Joe Gibbs
> or Royal Purple.
>
> Tony Drews
>
> At 09:39 PM 4/3/2010, Mark Eginton wrote:
> >My new Isky grind cam came with a flyer recommending break-in oil
> >but I can't seem to find it anywhere, nor does any one seem to know
> >what it is. How serious is this? I'm hoping to irritate the
> >neighbors Sunday or Monday unless I have to order oil on the
> >internet. Left to my own device I would just run Castrol GTX 75k (30
> >wt) which had "almost" as much of the additives everyone thought
> >were necessary as the best (long FOT thread 12-18 mos ago) and I
> >love GTX. Decades of great luck; e.g. turbo SAAB with almost 200k on
> >it sparkling clean inside - original turbo - daily driver...
> >
> >Happy Easter for those who celebrate...
> >
> >M
>
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