[Healeys] Tranny Oil

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In a message dated 9/9/10 11:20:45 AM, healeys-request at autox.team.net 
writes:


> Talked to a guy today who knows his way around cars and he is 
> recommending
> Valvoline Racing 20W50. He recently put this in a Triumph 250 and the 
> owner is
> thrilled with the results shifting and with the overdrive performance.
> 
Seems to me that I read somewhere that Triumph specified a different weight 
of oil for trannies than is true of Healeys -- keep in mind that Healeys 
share the oil with the overdrive and use it for hydraulic actuation as well as 
lubrication; that might make a difference. That having been said, no reason 
Valvoline Racing Oil wouldn't work, since it works in the engine. I use 
MTL-90 in mine (since I buy it for my MGA race car) and like the performance. 

Gary