[Vintage-race] What Oil Do You Use?

[Ralph Steinberg]

At 06:22 PM 1/3/2008, Norm 2Bs wrote:
>I had a conversation recently with a guy who insists that vintage racers do
>NOT use synthetic oil.  I told him, in that case, I must have been racing
>newer cars as I have been using synthetic oil in my vintage racers since
>1999 once the engines have been broken-in.  But, he is adamant that we ONLY
>use petroleum-based oils.
>
>What do you folks on the Digest use?
>
>Norm Sippel
>'59 Turner
>'60 Alfa


  I have used nothing but synthetic for years in my 1954 Jag and when 
I raced it my 59 MGA Twin Cam. We also ran synthetic in a pre-war SS 
jaguar and in a bunch of pre-war rally cars
   I use synthetic in my diff and gear box too and have used in it 
some off road stuff we did
  Ralph Steinberg