<VV> Corvair engine still going

[Ron]

Go to the Brad Penn site and look up their retail sources.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Underwood" <tony.underwood at cox.net>
To: "BBRT" <chsadek at comcast.net>
Cc: "virtualvairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 5:06 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Corvair engine still going


> At 10:41 PM 12/20/2009, BBRT wrote:
>>Keep in mind the Kendal you used to buy (and can't get) isn't the "old"
>>(good)  Kendal GT - They sold the refinery to Brad Penn. That is the
>>reference Tony makes. Brad Penn does the green "old" oil..now modernized,
>>but with zinc and old properties for flat tappent engines. Brad Penn is 
>>the
>>only all American oil. All others are blended from foreign sources. Brad
>>Penn is the good stuff for flat tappet engines.
>>
>>BTW, Tony. Told Nick Dixon of Brad Penn, at PRI, about the scarcity in VA,
>>and he said to call hiim. I will.
>
>
>
>
> ...did you mean I should call him?   Or that you were gonna call him? 
> ha!
>
>
> Lemme know what he says.   I think, by the way, that the only source
> anywhere near here (Lynchburg) has dried up.    Tried to do a search
> for Brad Penn distributors a few days ago and they were no longer
> listed.    Here's hoping that somebody close enough to buy from
> cross-counter might start carrying it.   Since Rotella has gone
> "modern" on us with dropping zinc content etc there's not a lot left
> that's really all that suitable for hi-perf flat tappet engines anymore.
>
>
> ...not that my '60 is all about wearing out cam lobes, but I'd rather
> not tempt the fates with its low miles engine.   Likewise the
> Plymouth's 383 with its somewhat stiff valve springs.
>
>
>
>
> tony..
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