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1. Oil - what kind? (score: 1): Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>; Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 18:38:57 -0500; About twice a year folks on the lists discuss oils -- and like belly buttons and opinions, everybody has one. Today I found myself standing in the oil department trying to decide which magic elixir t; /html/fot/2003-05/msg00169.html (7,918 bytes)
2. RE: Oil - what kind? (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 17:16:45 -0700; Like everything else the answer is: Depends. Econobox or Ferrari. Of road, race track, or morning commute. If you're talking about a TR3/4 engine for the race track, I wouldn't use anything but Red L; /html/fot/2003-05/msg00170.html (9,060 bytes)
3. Re: Oil - what kind? (score: 1): Author: Henry Frye <henry@henryfrye.com>; Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 22:46:47 -0400; I have pondered the same questions and have ended up running red cap 15W-50 Mobil 1. I break in with Valvoline Racing Oil - 20W-50. I have heard some of the Redline sales pitch, but obviously not fro; /html/fot/2003-05/msg00173.html (7,958 bytes)
4. Re: Oil - what kind? (score: 1): Author: WEmery7451@aol.com; Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 23:05:40 EDT; When you read once a year about the SCCA Runoff stars, it seems that most of the winners use Redline Oil. I was surprised to see that several of the winners for year 2002 stated that they used Valvol; /html/fot/2003-05/msg00174.html (7,717 bytes)
5. Re: Oil - what kind? (score: 1): Author: "jaboruch" <jaboruch@adelphia.net>; Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 23:19:23 -0400; I have been breaking in my motors at the track with Valvoline racing oil either 20w-50 or 40wt. After that I switch to synthetic. Until last year I was using Mobil 1. Last year I switched to Redline; /html/fot/2003-05/msg00175.html (10,021 bytes)
6. Re: Oil - what kind? (score: 1): Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>; Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 00:31:48 -0500; In my race engines, I break in with Valvoline Racing 20W-50, then switch to Valvoline Durablend (synthetic), also 20W-50. Been doing this on the advice of my engine builder, since I reached a point a; /html/fot/2003-05/msg00176.html (9,114 bytes)
7. Re: Oil - what kind? (score: 1): Author: "John Kipping" <johnkipping@inet.net.nz>; Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 18:21:07 +1200; Over the years that I rebuilt and used Triumph engines we tried all sorts of things rather than relying on urban myth. Synthetics do not allow an engine to bed in so it is essential to run in on norm; /html/fot/2003-05/msg00177.html (9,733 bytes)
8. Re: Oil - what kind? (score: 1): Author: Larry Young <cartravel@pobox.com>; Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 08:15:36 -0500; Haven't some of the big time racers confessed to putting a different brand of oil in their sponsor's containers?; /html/fot/2003-05/msg00179.html (8,299 bytes)
9. Re: Oil - what kind? (score: 1): Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>; Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 12:57:30 -0500; 30,000 miles??? Dang, that's good oil! --Rocky (race engines never get 3000 miles, not mine, anyway) of engine a in take hopefully; /html/fot/2003-05/msg00189.html (10,485 bytes)
10. Re: Oil - what kind? (score: 1): Author: BRITPAC@aol.com; Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 15:25:10 EDT; The British apparently do not believe in changing engine oil. My professional contacts there run 10-50,000 (yes, 4 zeroes) between changes. Is it that rust works faster than metal wear? They consider; /html/fot/2003-05/msg00191.html (8,427 bytes)
11. RE: Oil - what kind? (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 13:01:30 -0700; Not to add fuel to the fire, but Wendell Capps, the guy that helps me out in the pits at a lot of races has an econoline van with 140,000 miles on it that has never been serviced in any way. No oil c; /html/fot/2003-05/msg00192.html (9,591 bytes)
12. Re: Oil - what kind? (score: 1): Author: Joe Curry <Spitlist@gte.net>; Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 13:35:13 -0700; That reminds me of a Boeing engineer who lived across the street from me when I was in Washington. He had a Plymouth Valiant with a slant 6 engine and when it finally crapped out on him he pulled the; /html/fot/2003-05/msg00193.html (9,830 bytes)
13. Re: Oil - what kind? (score: 1): Author: Ted Schumacher <tedtsimx@bright.net>; Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 16:29:05 -0400; Rocky, you are certainly correct on the post run-offs picture. The other thing that occurs is you put on the stickers hoping to get any contingency $$ being offered. We had backing from Mobil 1 in th; /html/fot/2003-05/msg00194.html (11,213 bytes)
14. Re: Oil - what kind? (score: 1): Author: "Don Marshall" <marshall@nefcom.net>; Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 17:19:24 -0400; Do those of you using Mobil 1 or Redline change it after every weekend? If not, how often do you change it? Thx, Don; /html/fot/2003-05/msg00196.html (8,350 bytes)
15. RE: Oil - what kind? (score: 1): Author: "Susan and Jack Brooks" <tr3a@att.net>; Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 14:30:16 -0700; This is probably the wrong list for true confessions, but I've been running Mobil 1 since 1981. I run my cars until they (almost) drop, usually about 200K. I change the oil and filter annually, or 2; /html/fot/2003-05/msg00197.html (10,172 bytes)
16. RE: Oil - what kind? (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 14:32:12 -0700; Nope. I don't see much reason to change oil with a motor that I pull the pan on every fifth or so race to check the bearings --Original Message-- From: Don Marshall [mailto:marshall@nefcom.net] Sent:; /html/fot/2003-05/msg00198.html (8,729 bytes)
17. Re: Oil - what kind? (score: 1): Author: "John Kipping" <johnkipping@inet.net.nz>; Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 09:43:04 +1200; No doubt it is on the internet somewhere.....BMW did a 1,000,000 mile test with Mobil 1 (although I don't know how often the oil was changed) and when stripped all components were still within origin; /html/fot/2003-05/msg00199.html (11,722 bytes)
18. Re: Oil - what kind? (score: 1): Author: "John Kipping" <johnkipping@inet.net.nz>; Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 09:51:36 +1200; 3000 mile oil changes even using the cheapest oil is totally unnecessary. In the UK Mobil used to put on their cans of Mobil 1 "protection reserve for 25000 miles", the major motor manufactures made; /html/fot/2003-05/msg00200.html (9,413 bytes)
19. RE: Oil - what kind? (score: 1): Author: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>; Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 15:36:27 -0700; There was a fairly recent (like last year) article in Hot Rod magazine where they did something similar. Measured something like 7% more power at the rear wheels when switching engine, auto trans, d; /html/fot/2003-05/msg00201.html (8,791 bytes)
20. Re: Oil - what kind? (score: 1): Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>; Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 18:23:10 -0500; Oh, gawd no! I almost never change oil in the race car for the sake of changing oil. Usually the oil changes happen as a result of something else that requires draining the pan (time to check the bea; /html/fot/2003-05/msg00202.html (9,091 bytes)

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