[Healeys] OH NO!, Not OIL again!

[Chris Dimmock]

Love to hear how it goes. Personally, I use Penrite HPR40 on the road,  
and HPR50 on the track. Done my testing, made my decision.

Here is a mates more eloquent test documentation.

  http://www.spriteparts.com.au/tech/oils.html

Sincerely.
Chris

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On 04/01/2010, at 7:53 PM, Oudesluys <coudesluijs at chello.nl> wrote:

> I cannot see any reason why this oil will not be suitable. The SG/SH  
> specs are OK as is the viscosity. They claim better high temperature  
> resistance than car oils as the oil is intended for hotter running  
> air cooled and high revving motorcycles, so the oil pressure should  
> keep up a bit better when very hot on a long stretch of autobahn  
> with 100mph plus.
> If it can take the conditions in a highly tuned motor cycle engine  
> it can easily take the conditions in an old low stressed unit like  
> the Austin engine which will take any 20W50 oil you throw at it.
> Kees Oudesluijs
> NL
>
>
> WILLIAM B LAWRENCE

>> My question: Is there any reason this oil can't be used in an LBC  
>> engine? I'm
>> trying to think of any reason that such an oil, which is formulated  
>> for the
>> higher demands of small, high capacity, high revving engines would be
>> detrimental to the life of my old lightly loaded 2660 cc lump. Any  
>> comments
>> will be appreciated (well almost any...)
>> Bill Lawrence