Thanks, Ron. It makes sense what you said in reference to dashpot oil in
race SUs. Now I understand.
Mike C
----- Original Message -----
From "Ron Soave" <soavero at yahoo.com>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 5:45 PM
Subject: RE:Dashpot oil + other question on transmission oil
> --- Jacques Le Clainche <hobbycars@cox.net> wrote:
>> My Bugeye also came with the straight cut/close
>> ratio gearbox filled with
>> Redline MTL transmission oil - cannot see how a
>> synthetic would ruin the
>> gears, but I read on this list it would.
>
> Jacques,
> I believe what was said was that conventional (not
> synthetics) have too much sulfur in them, which
> attacks the sprayed-on coating that's on the synchro
> faces.
>
> As far as damper oil, in race carbs you don't care
> about stability, you're pretty much wide-open throttle
> all the time, so some eliminate damper oil to give
> "right now" full travel on the piston. The damper oil
> is just that - a damper. The springs have far more
> influence in the "controL equation.
>
> =====
> Ron Soave
>
> When opportunity knocks, don't bitch about the noise.
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