- 1. What's in your crankcase? (score: 1)
- Author: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 18:18:12 -0800 (PST)
- I just bought a "lab rat" motor from an automotive testing lab in San Antonio. One of the things they test is engine lubricants. When I asked the engineer who was selling me the motor about motor oil
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- 2. Re: What's in your crankcase? (score: 1)
- Author: "Joe & Lynne Lance" <jolylance@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 21:46:20 -0500
- Back in the late 1950s, I used two synthetic engine lubricants, one was a clear liquid that was made by Prestone and the other was purple but I don't remember the manufacturer was. Is todays Royal Pu
- /html/land-speed/2004-12/msg00147.html (8,464 bytes)
- 3. Re: What's in your crankcase? (score: 1)
- Author: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 20:49:51 -0800 (PST)
- Joe & Lynne Lance <jolylance@earthlink.net> wrote:.. .. .. a long-time Mobil 1 I too used Mobil 1. According to this engineer though, there was apparently a suit between Castrol and Mobil a while bac
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- 4. Re: What's in your crankcase? (score: 1)
- Author: "J D Tone" <gmc6power@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 23:02:27 -0800
- A good reason to use Castrol, always have!!!!(help out John Force too) Seems like Mobil 1 was too much like Castrol's patented formula. Mobil lost, and changed their formula. Since then, their produc
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- 5. Re: What's in your crankcase? (score: 1)
- Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 06:40:27 -0500
- Terry Nish's speed secret. Antonio. One of the things they test is engine lubricants. When I asked the engineer who was selling me the motor about motor oils, and I mentioned Mobil 1 and Castrol Synt
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- 6. Re: What's in your crankcase? (score: 1)
- Author: jkamo@rushmore.com
- Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 10:06:04 -0700
- I seriously cant believe that story.......... Mobil 1 has been a bench mark in most serious independent research articles I have seen............ Joe :) Quoting Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>: -- This ma
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- 7. Re: What's in your crankcase? (score: 1)
- Author: "Glen Barrett" <speedtimer@charter.net>
- Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 10:12:00 -0700
- Unlike you, they don't pee in their oil. Glen -- Original Message -- From: <jkamo@rushmore.com> To: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com> Cc: "Joe & Lynne Lance" <jolylance@earthlink.net>; "lsr list autox" <
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- 8. Re: What's in your crankcase? (score: 1)
- Author: jkamo@rushmore.com
- Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 10:17:06 -0700
- thats why I need a good oil, each year I add additional pee to the system somewhere......and I will be darned if it doesnt keep going faster....... Joe :) Quoting Glen Barrett <speedtimer@charter.net
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- 9. Re: What's in your crankcase? (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
- Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 07:49:08 -0800
- I guess I am missing something here! I am "old fashion", I still use Pennzoil 20w/50 Racing Oil. My last two engines have run over 250 miles flat out without any bearing problems. Should I be using
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- 10. Re: What's in your crankcase? (score: 1)
- Author: "Stephen F. Doherty" <f10ab1b9865@dslextreme.com>
- Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 09:04:14 -0800
- If I may branch off and address viscosity: One of the comments that is commonly made about Rollie Free is that he ran a very low viscosity oil, like 10 wt (or maybe less?), and one also hears about r
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- 11. Re: What's in your crankcase? (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
- Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 10:00:22 -0800
- I have heard that some are running 10w/30 and I have no quarrel with that. I have even thought of running it myself. It would be interesting to hear what weights others are running. I guess one ques
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- 12. Re: What's in your crankcase? (score: 1)
- Author: Bryan Savage <b.a.savage@earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 10:53:49 -0800
- This is just my opinion.... I don't see why a roller bearing 4 stroke needs any more oil than a roller bearing 2 stroke in the bottom end. I'd like to know the reasons the NASCAR folks running Mobil
- /html/land-speed/2004-12/msg00182.html (10,357 bytes)
- 13. Re: What's in your crankcase? (score: 1)
- Author: "Jon E. Wennerberg" <jon@infodestruction.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 14:22:02 -0500
- I run Red Line 10W40 in my race bike. Approx. 10% power increase from first dyno run (on a "relatively" cold engine, i.e. warmed up but certainly not at full temp, maybe 160 F water temp) to full nor
- /html/land-speed/2004-12/msg00183.html (10,595 bytes)
- 14. Re: What's in your crankcase? (score: 1)
- Author: "todd" <todd@twinjugs.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 20:05:05 +0000
- 10%!!! What were you running previously Jon, 90w gearlube? ;-) TD
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- 15. Re: What's in your crankcase? (score: 1)
- Author: Bryan Savage <b.a.savage@earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 12:23:37 -0800
- Very interesting Jon. Magazine article tested a Honda. They installed over $500 in exhaust and intake bolt on's and picked in 6 WHP*. Replaced 20W-50 petroleum oil with 10W-40 Mobil1 and picked up 8
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- 16. Re: What's in your crankcase? (score: 1)
- Author: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 13:42:47 -0800 (PST)
- Ten years ago, when I was drag racing a pro-stock bike, we picked up 11 rear wheel HP when we switched from 10W30 to Castrol Syntec. I use synthetic in my race motors now, but use Pennzoil out of the
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- 17. Re: What's in your crankcase? (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 18:32:05 -0500
- I recently had a chat with a member of one of the leading Bonneville roadster teams. He said they use a dry-sump system which keeps 100 psi in the engine at all times, and always use Valvoline Racing
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- 18. Re: What's in your crankcase? (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 20:04:09 -0500
- With my dragster with 60 wt oil a lot oil (and dirt) bypassed the filter element - Probably wouldn't have with thinner synyhetic .
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- 19. Re: What's in your crankcase? (score: 1)
- Author: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 17:17:46 -0800
- Ok, I am now officially ignorant. What the heck is PAO oil? And why is it supposed to be better than just plain old oil... mayf, off planet in Pahrump
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- 20. Re: What's in your crankcase? (score: 1)
- Author: jkamo@rushmore.com
- Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 18:56:59 -0700
- wow, thats really cool, prostock bike, could you tell us abit about your prostock bike??? I know most of us could learn quite alot from you about making big hp/cc, so it would mean alot to me and man
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