[Fot] Motor Oil

[Rocky Entriken]

The thing about these "For Racing Only" or "Not street legal" oils, as 
explained to me by my engine builder, is they are high-zinc oils that are 
especially friendly to flat-tappet engines like my Spitfire, but apparently 
exceed EPA emissions standards. Valvoline also has it.

In that respect, NOT the same as (better than!) "racing oil" or other 
synthetics. I've gone from Valvoline Durablend to Valvoline full synthetic 
to this black-bottle stuff. Which you may not be able to buy at your corner 
auto parts store (I tried, O'Reilly's said they can't get it).

So I Googled "motor oil not street legal" last week and where did I find it? 
Amazon! Books, CDs, racing oil -- LOL. Got two cases on the way, $57 each!

--Rocky Entriken

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Benford Jr" <sbracing at sbcglobal.net>
To: "FOT" <fot at autox.team.net>; "Triumph List" <triumphs at autox.team.net>; 
"marty sukey" <trmarty at hotmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 1:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Motor Oil


> Lucas Oil Products had a new racing only motor with claims of being high 
> zinc
> forified.
> http://www.lucasoil.com/products/display_products.sd?iid=276&catid=21&loc=sho
> w&headTitle= - Lucas High Performance Racing Only Motor Oil
>
> There is also a break-in oil with the same claims.
>
> Thumbs Up - Steve
>
> --- On Fri, 3/18/11, marty sukey <trmarty at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: marty sukey <trmarty at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [Fot] Motor Oil
> To: "FOT" <fot at autox.team.net>, "Triumph List" <triumphs at autox.team.net>
> Date: Friday, March 18, 2011, 9:07 PM
>
>
> FWIW I see Summit Racing now has a Summit branded  oil  marketed as for 
> flat
> tappet engines, It has 1,800ppm of ZDDP.  Currently on sale for $4.95/qt.
> They
> list both conventional and semi-synthetic.
>
> Marty
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