Sorry, forgot to copy the team.
Skip
>Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 19:40:40 -0700
>To: "Tom Neimeyer" <3cbxs@ev1.net>
>From: Skip Higginbotham <saltrat@pro-blend.com>
>Subject: Re: Oily Tidbit
>
>Hi Tom,
>The only people I know of that run oil temps that high and survive, use
>Pro-blend. It has been said, not by me, that one of the reasons that the Cup
>cars do what they do is because of it.
>Pro-blend works for all who have used it. (I have done some really dumb
>things with lubrication and got away without failures)
>And Land Speed Racers get an additional discount.
>Anybody want to run with 20-30 degrees cooler oil in the engine or trans or
>rear or blower drive or.....and have almost no wear? See the website.
>www.pro-blend.com
>Or call me.
>
>Skip
>
>
>
>
>At 02:58 PM 5/1/00 , you wrote:
>>Ardunbill,
>> Gee, what about the air cooled motorcycle folks at Bonneville? You reckon
>>just any old dino oil will do?
>>I wish I knew, we will be running Mobile 1 in a 6 cylinder air cooled
>>turbocharged motor. If I don't buy the wife a new dress this year, we might
>>be able to get some of the Redline "magical oil" or maybe talk Skip out of
>>some Pro-Blend.
>>
>>Regards, Tom
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: <ardunbill@webtv.net>
>>To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
>>Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 4:29 PM
>>Subject: Oily Tidbit
>>
>>
>>> Hi Folks, little item from yesterday's NASCAR race at Fontana, CA in
>>> the paper, J. Mayfield won, I don't follow this much as a rule, but it
>>> was reported that he had an overheating oil problem. Something wrong
>>> with his oil cooler and "the oil ran over 330 degrees for much of the
>>> race."
>>>
>>> The interesting point is, if this temperature is factual, that he could
>>> win a 500 mile endurance race, without engine failure, with such a temp.
>>> I understand that NASCAR teams use 20w-50 racing oil, pretty much the
>>> same thing we can buy at Wal-Mart for a buck a quart, if not identical.
>>>
>>> Unlike the old days, where people ran 50 wt oil in all race engines
>>> including Bonneville, apparently today a lot of Bonneville people use
>>> plain old 10w-30, and maybe 5W-30, which has the same hot viscosity as
>>> 10W-30 if the numbers mean what they should.
>>>
>>> I imagine maximum oil temperature is rarely or never an issue at
>>> Bonneville, since the runs are not over a few miles even on the long
>>> course, not enough time to put a lot of heat into the oil, right?
>>>
>>> The point is, should everybody be using 5W-30 or 10W-30 oil for speed
>>> trials? Gas motors I mean, I realize fuel motors are another matter
>>> entirely, where the fuel contaminates the oil so much. Regards from
>>> ArdunBill in the Great Dismal Swamp, Chesapeake, VA
>>>
>>>
>>
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