I'm with Barney, why all of these exotic oils and lube mixes???
Have been using NAPA 20-50 too and with 100,000 + and in 2 cars
, regular changes all is just fine. Guess there is a need to spend
$$ .
paul
>Chuckle. Something wrong with "the average LBC"? My MGA fairly
>often does 500 miles in a single day. 385,000 miles and counting.
>So far I do not worry about ZDDP, except during a new cam break in
>period. I run NAPA 20W50 in summer and 10W40 in winter. Current
>engine has 75,000 miles, going strong, never had the bottom end
>apart.
>
>Barney Gaylord
>1958 MGA with an attitude
>http://MGAguru.com
>
>
>At 11:23 PM 8/27/2010 -0500, "Ron S" (<iverside> wrote:
>>The street version does not contain zddp. VR-1 does contain zddp
>>and is labeled for off-road use only but does not contain the high
>>milage additives of the street version. It is meant to be changed
>>after every race, or about every five hundred or so miles. This is
>>about the milage the average LBC `weekend tourer' does in a driving
>>season in a moderate climate area.
>>....
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