[Fot] Oil weights?

[Jim Gray]

I thought true synthetics we
bad for our Flat Tappet Motors
? 
Jim G

-----Original Message-----
From:
fot-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team
.net] On Behalf Of Rocky
Entriken
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010
7:24 PM
To: Randall; ''Friends of
Triumph'Triumph'
Subject: Re: [Fot] Oil
weights?

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
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