[Spridgets] ZDDP oil additive

[Bud Osbourne]

Yes, I'm very familiar with Charles and his excellent products.  The guy 
really knows his stuff.  I'm looking forward to sending him some old Porsche 
alloy cylinders to be reconditioned, for my next engine rebuild.
Bud Osbourne
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Daniels" <ladaniels at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz at hky.com>
Cc: <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 8:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] ZDDP oil additive


> This is exactly what Charles Navarro from LN Engineering (the guy who got
> the ball rolling on the problems with the lack of ZDDP) said.  The Brad 
> Penn
> costs more than the other stuff -- but less than a new cam.  And, no, he
> doesn't sell Brad Penn.
>
> LAD
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz at hky.com>
> To: <cclabaw at juno.com>; <refisk at chartermi.net>
> Cc: <spridgets at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 2:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] ZDDP oil additive
>
>
> Clay,
> Better tell your "engine guy" to catch up on his reading.  Kendall GT-1
> isn't actually Kendall GT-1 anymore.  It is now made up of whatever base
> stocks Conoco-Phillips happens to find at the best price, rather than the
> Pennsylvania grade base stock that was originally used by Kendall, when 
> they
> were a small, independent refinery that was heavily into racing, back in 
> the
> 60s & 70s.
> The REAL Kendall GT-1 is still being produced by the original Kendall
> refinery, in Pennsylvania......only they haven't been allowed to call it
> Kendall GT-1 since the name was sold to Conoco-Phillips back in '96.  It 
> is
> now called Penn Grade 1, and is refined by Brad-Penn Refinery, in 
> Bradford,
> PA.  It's the oldest, continuously operating petroleum refinery in the 
> USA,
> and the only one still producing lube oil from Pennsylvania crude base 
> stock
> (Pennsylvania grade crude is only found in a region which includes parts 
> of
> Ohio, New York, and Pennsylvania).  Pennzoil, Quaker State and all the
> others that used that special base stock (which has been proven to be the
> finest lube oil base stock of any in the entire world) have been bought 
> out
> by the big guys, and their names used to sell whatever oil the new owners
> chose to offer in those cans.
>
> Bottom line is that it's not just the "additive package" that makes a good
> engine oil.  It is highly likely that there is a good reason that most of
> (maybe all of them, by now) the major camshaft manufacturers for
> high-performance engines now recommend ONLY Penn Grade 1 oil be used with
> their cam installations.
>
> Like your engine guy, the only oil I ever used in any of my engines (heck,
> even in my lawn & garden equipment, fer cryin' out loud) was Kendall.  I
> strongly resent what Conoco-Phillips is trying to do with the Kendall 
> brand
> (sell inferior product using a once-great name in racing), and I will 
> never
> again purchase another Conoco-Phillips product.
>
> No financial interest, etc.
>
> Bud Osbourne