----- Original Message -----
From: "Billy Zoom" <billyzoom@billyzoom.com>
> Billy, where did you get your figures from?
The info regarding Penn oils came from the email they sent me earlier this
week, which I copied and posted on this message board. The numbers regarding
how many ZDDPppm were eliminated in which years came from several sites for
which I also posted links on this message board in the last few days. I'm
at a gig right now, but I guess I can post everything again when I get back
to my home computer.
========================
OK, Billy, I think I see where the confusion comes from. This was in regard
to your post stating that Brad Penn has only 800 ppm of ZDDP. Here is your
post from Wednesday night:
---------------------
> Thank you for your inquiry about Penn Grade 1 High performance Oil. First
> we
> do not license (API) these High performance Oils. We have elevated levels
> of
> Zinc that help protect the Cams of flat tappet and roller operations. Our
> 10W-40 has the performance qualities of an API SJ product but again we do
> not
> license these products. I am also assuming that you have a manual
> transmission?
>
> Sincerely,
> Nicholas J. Dixon
> BRAD PENN Lubricants
--------------------------
Mr. Dixon from Brad Penn stated that their oil "has the performance
qualities of an API SJ product". He also said they don't API certify their
oil. The only reason they would need to restrict the ZDDP is if they wanted
to certify it with API -- which they don't. The SJ classification (and all
others) has performance characteristics other than ZDDP content. Like not
turning into a pile of gooey gunk at high temps. That doesn't mean they
need to restrict the ZDDP to SJ amounts.
The amount of ZDDP that was reduced in which years only has relevance for
the oils that are API certified. Anybody can produce an oil with as much
ZDDP as they want in 2009 as long as they don't want to certify it with API.
As was posted twice, the Brad Penn site has the ZDDP amounts clearly posted.
http://www.bradpennracing.com/Zinc.html
Dear God, can we end this thread soon?
_______________________________________________
Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html
http://www.team.net/archive
http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spridgets
|