[Land-speed] Oil and Filter Recommendations...

David in Durango adin at frontier.net
Mon Jul 29 08:48:13 MDT 2013


My dear  Sparky (man of many hats)

what wt. oil do you run?  my street cars are 20-50 and I know that is 
robbing power . . .

please and thank you!

David in Durango



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To: <drmayf at mayfco.com>; <land-speed at autox.team.net>; <ed at vetteracing.com>
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 8:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Oil and Filter Recommendations...


> What weight do you like to run ED?
>
> wmts'64
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> ---- Ed Van Scoy <ed at vetteracing.com> wrote:
>> In my application (SBC) I have had good luck with Mobil 1 syn, I have a 
>> remote
>> oil filter and use a large (about 6" diam.) Wix Racing oil filter.
>> Ed
>> PS you can get Mobil 1 at Walmart in 5 qt jugs a lot cheaper than any of 
>> the
>> parts chains.....
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Larry Mayfield [mailto:drmayf at mayfco.com]
>> Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2013 07:17 AM
>> To: land-speed at autox.team.net
>> Subject: [Land-speed] Oil and Filter Recommendations...
>>
>> Ok, so I have drained the break in oil (Shell Rotella T 15W 40, from the 
>> new
>> Sunbeam race motor and cleaned out the pan. Now it is time to put in the
>> really good (read expensive) stuff. I know you folk builkd race motors 
>> better
>> than me, so how about you telling me, and the rest of us, what you 
>> recommend
>> for a filter for race and which synthetic oil you think is best? This 
>> motor
>> has basically all standard bearing clearances and some of the newer 
>> metric
>> piston rings, gap less. Roller lifters, roller rockers, timing chain
>> Torrington thrust bearing. All pretty standard stuff... Good race journal
>> bearings.Whadda ya think? Tell me?mayf--
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