Amen to the Red Line cold shifting improvements. I haven't used the Sprite
in cold weather and Red Line isn't in there yet, but I have on my bimmer
and it's excellent.
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> From: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
> To: Ajhsys@aol.com
> Cc: mgs@autox.team.net; spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Red Line Oil
> Date: Tuesday, January 05, 1999 3:00 PM
>
> This is Franks son, On my VW list all VW tuners and owners agree on Red
> Line MTL 75w90 in their trannnys, which is also our diffs. It is fully
> synthetic and helps cold shifting signifigantly. I recently put it in my
> 89 GTi and it works great.
> Just thought I would tell you about my experiences.
> Cheers
> Frank
> 89 GTi 16v
>
> Ajhsys@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > Listers,
> >
> > Just for fun I thought I would go to the horses mouth for a
recommendation.
> > There has been a lot of talk on the lists as to which type of oil to
put in a
> > gearbox, differential, and lever shocks, so I wrote a letter (Yes,
snail
> > mail!) to Red line. I asked them to tell me what to use in my 1977 MG
Midget.
> > (All standard 1500cc stuff.) In their own words:
> >
> > "...In the transmission, I would recommend Red Line 75W90NS.
> > In the differential, I would recommend 75W90.
> > The difference between the two fluids is the friction modifier in the
75W90,
> > this helps reduce the temperature of the fluid and on the gear face as
well as
> > reducing chatter if a clutch type limited slip is installed. While
this fluid
> > works well in a differential, it can be too slippery to work well with
the
> > syncros that need friction to work properly.
> >
> > "In your shocks I would recommend the Heavy Suspension Fluid as the
closest to
> > a '20W' fluid. Different 20W suspension fluids can vary in viscosity,
so you
> > may need to blend the Medium with the Heavy to achieve the desired
viscosity."
> >
> > This was in the letter from Dave Granquist at Red Line. He sent along
a lot
> > of literature on Red Line products, and a sticker. I was surprised
that
> > "Different 20W suspension fluids can vary in viscosity..." I thought
that the
> > "20W" was a way of indicating the viscosity across manufacturers so you
can
> > always buy the right product for an application.
> >
> > Anyway, that's what Red Line has to say about gear oils, FWIW.
Remember that
> > this is for a late Midget 1500. YMMV.
> >
> > Allen Hefner
> > '77 Midget
> > '92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
>
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
> Lots of LBCs
> http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut
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