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Re: Oily Tidbit

To: ardunbill@webtv.net
Subject: Re: Oily Tidbit
From: DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 17:47:52 -0700
Bill, Mayfield is sponsored by Mobil 1 oil. I'm know that is what they
run. They had trouble with the cooler so they bypassed it like they do
for quilifiing. I have run Mobil 1 15w-50 racing oil with good luck. I
can't buy it for a buck a quart any place around here. The lightest oil
you can run takes the least horsepower to pump. I know some guys have
run some real thin stuff and got away with it. How brave are
you?                  Doug Odom in sunny cal.

ardunbill@webtv.net wrote:
> 
> 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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