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

[Bryan Savage]

The only Mobile 1 50 weight racing oil I know of is a 0W-50. It will 
work fine at 100 degrees.
Bryan Savage


On 7/29/2013 8:55 PM, Ed Van Scoy wrote:
> Rick,
> When I was campaigning a road racer I ran 50 wt oil mainly because of the
> sustained heat that the engine had to endure. If heat is a problem with a
> specific turbo application I couldn't agree more with you, but at LSR events I
> generally worry more about getting oil up to operating temps.....In my N/A
> engine, I never see water temps above 210 (I try to leave the line at 160 deg
> at least) at the end of 5 miles , but with a 12 qt dry sump, the oil temps are
> not even close to engine temps. 50 wt oil would need to be pumped with a
> concrete pump at the winter meets ( I use a roots-style oil pump instead of
> the typical Aviad). But what I'm trying to say is oil protects best at
> operating temperature..... Would like to hear your take on typical lakes cold
> starts from the start line and viscosity.
> Ed
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Byrnes [mailto:Rick at RBMotorsports.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 06:14 PM
> To: drmayf at mayfco.com, land-speed at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Oil and Filter Recommendations...
>
> Mayflong time no hear. Hope all is well.Some time ago I had a discussion with
> a Roush engineer, who oversaw testing of various viscosity oils. There was NO
> overwhelming data that could lead me to run anything but Mobil 1 50 wt racing
> oil.The hp difference was not huge and in a turbocharged engine even with many
> stage dry sump, it wasn't worth it. The Merk always had fresh after each
> event. This was some time ago, and there may be some testing data to show some
> hp gains, but without a lot of data, I don't intend to change in the
> foreseeable future even on my N/A motor.Hope to be testing the liner with
> partial body next spring at Wilmington. I'm so far behind that I don't know
> when I can hit the salt again. (BUT I WILL)
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