<VV> Oil Selection

[Bryan Blackwell]

If you're using the same cam you can focus on breaking in the rings, so the startup RPM isn't crucial.  I'd suggest a good 10W-30 that's either intended for flat tappet engines, or add enough ZDDP to bring it up to 1200 PPM Zinc and Phosphorus.

--Bryan

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On Feb 14, 2011, at 1:43 PM, Byron Comp wrote:

> I know I've seen something somewhere, maybe here, maybe in the Communique 
> articles, etc. but I'm about to put oil into my 110 4-speed after having it gone 
> over, a couple, but not all new bearings, new rings and valves ground, etc., and 
> I'm not sure what oil to run in it the first few hundred miles, before the first 
> oil change. How 'bout some enlightenment?