I thought true synthetics we
bad for our Flat Tappet Motors
?
Jim G
-----Original Message-----
From:
fot-bounces@autox.team.net
[mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team
.net] On Behalf Of Rocky
Entriken
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010
7:24 PM
To: Randall; ''Friends of
Triumph'Triumph'
Subject: Re: [Fot] Oil
weights?
Reasonable point.
Of course, a race is not an
economy run so you don't
really care about fuel
mileage other than having
enough to reach the checker.
Power loss is another
thing altogether. Depends on
your priorities, I guess. If I
had the budget
that my primary focus was on
winning, then presumably I
could afford to go
through a few engines, or
rebuilds, to find the optimum
oiling scheme. But
as Clay Reggazoni said: "To
win is nice; to race is
enough." I just want to
get out there, race with
whomever is about my speed,
and have fun driving my
car. It's important to keep it
in one piece (you get
aggressive with me in a
corner, I'll probably chicken
out and let ya have it) so I
can race it again
next time.
--Rocky
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randall"
<tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
To: "''Friends of
Triumph'Triumph'"
<fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010
6:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Oil
weights?
>> 20-50 vs. 10-40? If 20-50
is overkill, so what?
>
> What about the power lost
pumping that heavier oil
around? That's the
> whole
> reason for the push to
thinner oils for modern cars,
they help improve
> fuel
> mileage by reducing losses
within the motor.
>
> -- Randall
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