Quick help please!! what oil do you run?
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Quick help please!! what oil do you run?
i run 10w30 synthetic typically, but my nos turns it to capaccino; i was told 20w50 would work good, what do you guys use with or with out nos?
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Mobil1 10-30, no funny stuff.
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Car: 1985 Chevrolet Camaro IROC
Engine: 305 TPI
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.42
Quaker State 20w50, no problems in 6 years.
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85 IROC, 305 TPI, JET AFPR - 45 PSI, B&M Shift Kit, SLP Airfoil, SLP headers and cat back system, gutted airbox, K&N, more to come!!
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Mobil 1 10W30, fully synthetic motor oil.
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1987 Chevy Camaro IROC-Z
L98 TPI 350 (5.7L)
TH 700R-4 Transmission
Borg Warner 7.75" 9 Bolt Rear End
Current Mods: LT4 HOT Cam, Comp Cams 1.52:1 Roller Rocker Arms, Edelbrock TES 1 5/8" Headers, Hooker 3" Aerochamber Cat-Back System, Performance Resource Chip, Accel Ignition Coil, Cap, Rotor, 8.8mm Wires, K&N Filters, JET TPI Air Foil, All Free Mods, Falken ZIEX Z-Rated Tires.
Best ET (w/o LT4 cam): 14.32 @ 97.7mph
(corrected for elevation)
Soon to Come: 7.625" 10 Bolt with 3.42s and Accel TPI Intake Base
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1987 Chevy Camaro IROC-Z
L98 TPI 350 (5.7L)
TH 700R-4 Transmission
Borg Warner 7.75" 9 Bolt Rear End
Current Mods: LT4 HOT Cam, Comp Cams 1.52:1 Roller Rocker Arms, Edelbrock TES 1 5/8" Headers, Hooker 3" Aerochamber Cat-Back System, Performance Resource Chip, Accel Ignition Coil, Cap, Rotor, 8.8mm Wires, K&N Filters, JET TPI Air Foil, All Free Mods, Falken ZIEX Z-Rated Tires.
Best ET (w/o LT4 cam): 14.32 @ 97.7mph
(corrected for elevation)
Soon to Come: 7.625" 10 Bolt with 3.42s and Accel TPI Intake Base
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91,
The protection and lubrication are not just a function of the viscosity of the oil. There is a lot more involved than just the SUS ratings.
Oils must have an adequate base stock, without a doubt. But two oils of equal base stock and viscosity can have completely different characteristics, and most of that is dependent upon the additive packages. Mineral oils tend to be a real compromise in an automotive engine. The best oil to lubricate a roller chain (like the cam drive) where penetration and adhesion (cling) are important, is not necessarily the best oil to lubricate sliding parts, like rings and lifter bodies, where film strength and cohesion are important. This same oil must have enough adhesion and extreme pressure film strength to lubricate the distributor gears, and yet flow well enough to move through the cam, main, and rod bearing areas to take away the excess heat and any particulates. The oil must have adequate emulsification properties to hold particles in suspension so that they can be trapped by the filter, but not so much that they trap water molecules and carry them to the main and rod bearings where they would do the greatest damage.
It's not just how thick the oil is, but also how well the viscosity remains stable over a wide temperature range. Oil in a case that has been sitting overnight in 40°F air must flow well enough to be able to pump and lubricate immediately on start up, but remain thick enough to provide film thickness and cohesion at higher temperatures once the engine had warmed up a couple hundred degrees.
Any 10W-whatever oil is the same as any other? I don't think so...
I could write a few more pages, but you get the picture.
Incidentally, the whole oil world just got a little smaller, since Mobil is now owned by Exxon. My industrial oil suppliers have already warned me that the old common Mobil products would soon be unavailable in their current forms, and they would be supplanted by new Exxon-Mobil product numbers and formulas. In some cases, Exxon would use it's current formulations, and in some cases would use the Mobil formulations. As a dedicated Mobil 1 synthetic user, I don't know how this will affect the availability of my favorite engine oils. I would suspect that Exxon-Mobil would continue to market the consumer product under the "Mobil" brand, since Mobil is more widely recognized and respected by both the motoring public and industrial markets as the leader in synthetic lubricant technology. Only time will tell.
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The protection and lubrication are not just a function of the viscosity of the oil. There is a lot more involved than just the SUS ratings.
Oils must have an adequate base stock, without a doubt. But two oils of equal base stock and viscosity can have completely different characteristics, and most of that is dependent upon the additive packages. Mineral oils tend to be a real compromise in an automotive engine. The best oil to lubricate a roller chain (like the cam drive) where penetration and adhesion (cling) are important, is not necessarily the best oil to lubricate sliding parts, like rings and lifter bodies, where film strength and cohesion are important. This same oil must have enough adhesion and extreme pressure film strength to lubricate the distributor gears, and yet flow well enough to move through the cam, main, and rod bearing areas to take away the excess heat and any particulates. The oil must have adequate emulsification properties to hold particles in suspension so that they can be trapped by the filter, but not so much that they trap water molecules and carry them to the main and rod bearings where they would do the greatest damage.
It's not just how thick the oil is, but also how well the viscosity remains stable over a wide temperature range. Oil in a case that has been sitting overnight in 40°F air must flow well enough to be able to pump and lubricate immediately on start up, but remain thick enough to provide film thickness and cohesion at higher temperatures once the engine had warmed up a couple hundred degrees.
Any 10W-whatever oil is the same as any other? I don't think so...
I could write a few more pages, but you get the picture.
Incidentally, the whole oil world just got a little smaller, since Mobil is now owned by Exxon. My industrial oil suppliers have already warned me that the old common Mobil products would soon be unavailable in their current forms, and they would be supplanted by new Exxon-Mobil product numbers and formulas. In some cases, Exxon would use it's current formulations, and in some cases would use the Mobil formulations. As a dedicated Mobil 1 synthetic user, I don't know how this will affect the availability of my favorite engine oils. I would suspect that Exxon-Mobil would continue to market the consumer product under the "Mobil" brand, since Mobil is more widely recognized and respected by both the motoring public and industrial markets as the leader in synthetic lubricant technology. Only time will tell.
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Car: '89 Pontiac Firebird
Engine: 5.7L
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: 10-bolt w/ 4.10 and Eaton Posi
5w-30 Castrol
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vader; thanks for trying to explain......do u think u could give a short explanation on what the individual numbers before and after the w stand for?
F22Raptor, does your cooking oil come with any synthetic additives?
F22Raptor, does your cooking oil come with any synthetic additives?
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Car: '88 IROCZ
Engine: 363 Vortec w/Miniram
Transmission: built 700r4
Originally posted by Kandied91z
vader; thanks for trying to explain......do u think u could give a short explanation on what the individual numbers before and after the w stand for?
F22Raptor, does your cooking oil come with any synthetic additives?
vader; thanks for trying to explain......do u think u could give a short explanation on what the individual numbers before and after the w stand for?
F22Raptor, does your cooking oil come with any synthetic additives?
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