[Land-speed] Email for Rick Byrnes

[Bryan Savage]

Rick,
Running a 0W-  oil eliminates "cold" pass risk. That, for me, is one of 
the reasons to use it.
Bryan

On 7/30/2013 9:50 AM, Rick Byrnes wrote:
> Hi doc
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>
> Back on the subject of oils, Brian you are right about 50 wt Mobil 1, 
> but I NEVER made a run with oil temp at least 150 deg f and at 180 H20 
> temp.  The N/A motor now on methanol has a heat exchanger inside the 
> oil tank with coolant flowing thru it, and I preheat both lube and 
> coolant.  On one of my learning visits to the salt, I watched somebody 
> destroy a Carillio rod when he made a "cold" pass.
> My old turbo motors were easier to preheat, and had lots of bottom end 
> clearances that like it once everything was warmed up. I flowed lots 
> of oil at 60 to 70 pounds pressure.
> There may be a few HP in running on the fine edge, like nascrap, but 
> they have more resources than all of us combined. AND the run only 1 
> lap qualifying.  I would look at Indy car qualifying at Indy for 
> better data. Problem is getting data.
> Good luck this year.  I'll be quietly watching.
> Oh, I am back to work on the liner, and have finally started enjoying 
> it again.  Life is not normal, but getting better.
> I will never be quite the same....
>
> Mayf, with production bottom end clearances I would not hesitate to 
> use the multiweight oil. _______________________________________________
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