[Spridgets] ZDDP oil additive

[Bud Osbourne]

Clay,
Better tell your "engine guy" to catch up on his reading.  Kendall GT-1 
isn't actually Kendall GT-1 anymore.  It is now made up of whatever base 
stocks Conoco-Phillips happens to find at the best price, rather than the 
Pennsylvania grade base stock that was originally used by Kendall, when they 
were a small, independent refinery that was heavily into racing, back in the 
60s & 70s.
The REAL Kendall GT-1 is still being produced by the original Kendall 
refinery, in Pennsylvania......only they haven't been allowed to call it 
Kendall GT-1 since the name was sold to Conoco-Phillips back in '96.  It is 
now called Penn Grade 1, and is refined by Brad-Penn Refinery, in Bradford, 
PA.  It's the oldest, continuously operating petroleum refinery in the USA, 
and the only one still producing lube oil from Pennsylvania crude base stock 
(Pennsylvania grade crude is only found in a region which includes parts of 
Ohio, New York, and Pennsylvania).  Pennzoil, Quaker State and all the 
others that used that special base stock (which has been proven to be the 
finest lube oil base stock of any in the entire world) have been bought out 
by the big guys, and their names used to sell whatever oil the new owners 
chose to offer in those cans.

Bottom line is that it's not just the "additive package" that makes a good 
engine oil.  It is highly likely that there is a good reason that most of 
(maybe all of them, by now) the major camshaft manufacturers for 
high-performance engines now recommend ONLY Penn Grade 1 oil be used with 
their cam installations.

Like your engine guy, the only oil I ever used in any of my engines (heck, 
even in my lawn & garden equipment, fer cryin' out loud) was Kendall.  I 
strongly resent what Conoco-Phillips is trying to do with the Kendall brand 
(sell inferior product using a once-great name in racing), and I will never 
again purchase another Conoco-Phillips product.

No financial interest, etc.

Bud Osbourne
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <cclabaw at juno.com>
To: <refisk at chartermi.net>
Cc: <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] ZDDP oil additive


> Listers -
>
> I found that the oil my 'engine guy' recommended, Kendall GT-1, comes with 
> all
> the ZDDP that old engines need.  The composition is shown on their web 
> page.
>
> <http://www.conocophillipslubricants.com/documents/kendall/automotive_engine_
> oils/Ken%20GT-1%20High%20Performance%20MO%20TDS%20Web.pdf>
>
> Clay L.
> '67 Sprite