I love it when you talk oil... But where can I get this Red Line oil?
I live in Southern Orange County California..I have a new Rib case and want
to put this oil in it OR ON IT. Most of it will end up on the floor of my
garage in the drip pan anyway. But I understand it's almost as good as
Lubrication Engineers 50W which I have no idea where to find. Maybe at an
estate sale of an old time racer.
Help me,
Mostyn
AN5L/8625
>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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