[Fot] Oil weights?

[Rocky Entriken]

Reasonable point.

Of course, a race is not an economy run so you don't really care about fuel 
mileage other than having enough to reach the checker. Power loss is another 
thing altogether. Depends on your priorities, I guess. If I had the budget 
that my primary focus was on winning, then presumably I could afford to go 
through a few engines, or rebuilds, to find the optimum oiling scheme. But 
as Clay Reggazoni said: "To win is nice; to race is enough." I just want to 
get out there, race with whomever is about my speed, and have fun driving my 
car. It's important to keep it in one piece (you get aggressive with me in a 
corner, I'll probably chicken out and let ya have it) so I can race it again 
next time.

--Rocky

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randall" <tr3driver at ca.rr.com>
To: "''Friends of Triumph'Triumph'" <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 6:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Oil weights?


>> 20-50 vs. 10-40? If 20-50 is overkill, so what?
>
> What about the power lost pumping that heavier oil around?  That's the 
> whole
> reason for the push to thinner oils for modern cars, they help improve 
> fuel
> mileage by reducing losses within the motor.
>
> -- Randall