[Spridgets] oil for spridgets

Deikis, John G John.Deikis at va.gov
Mon Jul 27 07:27:08 MDT 2009


I was not referring to their SM oil but their other product which is the
old Kendall GT1.

-----Original Message-----
From: Billy Zoom [mailto:billyzoom at billyzoom.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 6:16 PM
To: Deikis, John G; spridgets at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] oil for spridgets

Pre-1997 amount was 1600ppm.
Brad Penn oil is 800ppm.

> More is not always better. ZDDP is also a corrosive. Flat tappet cams
> seem to like that 1200-1400 ppm. Go over that amount (like dumping too

> much red-bottle STP into your 20-50 GTX) and you swing the pendulum
> the other way.
>
> Easiest insurance: use oil formulated for aircooled motorcycles.
>
> Only a little less easy: use Brad Penn which you can get by UPS or, if

> you happen to live near a distributor or race shop, right out the back

> door.


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