<VV> oil

[Ray Rodriguez III]

Sounds good Bryan, thanks for the reply.  I think I'll be buying a case of 
Amsoil or Brad-Penn as soon as I can afford it.  Two folks from VV sent me 
messages stating that they are Amsoil dealers so I'll probably order through 
one of them, though really I'd like to buy the "100% American" Brad-Penn.

Ray


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bryan Blackwell" <bryan at skiblack.com>
To: "Ray Rodriguez III" <vairguy at echoes.net>
Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 12:39 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> oil


Hi Ray,

FWIW I did a fair amount of looking around a couple years ago for off the 
shelf oil I could get at Wally World and such places that had enough ZDDP in 
it.  The only thing I could find that for sure met the spec was Mobil 1 
15W-50, which is heavy for winter use but I really don't drive the Corvairs 
in winter (I know you do).  If you want to use something lighter, then my 
best suggestions is an oil like Amsoil or Brad-Penn.  I believe Valvoline 
has an oil specifically for flat tappet engines in their racing series, but 
I don't recall what the weights are.

As for pricing on those oils, I know you can order Amsoil line, and they 
have dealer accounts you can get.  Not sure about Brad-Penn.

One other note on synthetics.  This was quite some time ago now, but 
switching to synth got me about a 10 degree drop in oil temps.  For me, a 
combination of that and longer drain intervals (I was changing the regular 
oil every 3K miles, now I just follow the book) made synthetics worth the 
added cost.

--Bryan

On Feb 23, 2011, at 11:51 AM, Ray Rodriguez III wrote:

> Also these synthetics are not cheap stuff....  can anyone tell me what the
> CHEAPEST oil is (specific oil by part number preferred) that will provide
> good service in my Corvairs without any additives (no adding ZDDP)?  Does
> the long life of the Synthetic come close to balancing the cost... I mean
> how long do we "really" want to leave it in the car before draining it?