Oh, now you are telling me VR-1 is not good enough? Where the Hell do you
get Valvoline Racing Oil? It says right on the bottle that VR-1 is for our
type of engine. What's up with that?
Mike MacLean
60 Sprite with VR-1 oil in it.
56 BN2 with no oil in it because it has not been run yet.
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 9:29 PM, David Riker <davriker@nwi.net> wrote:
> So when is somebody going to make retrofit roller lifters for the a-series
> engine and be done with all this?
> David R.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
> To: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 7:28 PM
> Subject: [Spridgets] Ed Iskenderian Racing Cams' letter re: oil
>
>
>
> "Please note, Isky does not recommend the use of synthetic oils with any
>> flat
>> tappet camshaft - especially during break-in. If you must use synthetic
>> oil
>> after break-in, there are only two brands we are comfortable recommending.
>> They are Amsoil (Red) Racing Oil and Joe Gibbs Performance Racing Oil.
>> Both
>> contain zinc and phosphorous and will fare well AFTER break-in has been
>> successfully completed. Other synthetics, especially those with very low
>> viscosity index numbers (i.e. 0w-15, 5w-20 etc.) have very low film
>> strength
>> and are not designed for, nor should they be employed in any flat-tappet
>> cam
>> installation."
>>
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