Simon and Jim,
If 90% of the improvements are in the oil, I'm in big trouble. I've
gone to some trouble and expense to run Castrol-R. Seems to me that
vintage oils are part of the vintage experience. I have a stock motor,
running pretty low RPM's, however...
Big day for me today.. have an appointment with the doc for my racer
physical and EKG.. still preping for Moroso..
Vaughn
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> > Reply-To: Simon Favre <favres@engmail.ulinear.com>
> >
> > Jim, you got me all confused. If you are running well prepped factory
> > crank and rods, where's the modernization that lets you run 3000+ miles
> > on a race motor? Other than the synthetic oil, what's modern? <CLIP> Is
> > it just the oil that gets you bearing longevity?
>
> 90% of the improvements are in oil, part in blueprinting and balancing to
> reduce vibration and part in what we know about dealing with metal - like
> nitriding cranks and micropolishing journals. On Alfas, there are mods to
> the oil and cooling passages that provide better lubrication and cooling
> that Don Black and others found out with GTA devellopment.
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