<VV> New Oils for Classic cars

[Eric S. Eberhard]

I use Mobile 1 15-50 which says on the bottle "racing" and "flat 
tappet" -- interestingly enough some bottles say one, some say the 
other, some say both.  Their Web site says both on their chart and 
both phosphorous and zinc are over 1200 ppm.  I have used this for 
decades in everything from diesel trucks to tractors to 
Corvairs.  You can get it in 5 quart bottles cheap at Walmart, Napa, 
or Mobile stations -- which is why I prefer it over Amsoil.  There is 
valid argument for either over the other but Amsoil is hard to get, 
especially if on the road and you need to grab a quart.  Mobile 1 is 
safe for breaking in engines and the evidence to me on this ZDDP is 
clear.  Two of mine were rebuilt (by a shop) and they insisted it had 
to be broken in with Castrol 30 wgt.  Both of those got flat cams in 
10,000 miles.  New cams from Clark's (identical cams) and break in 
with Mobile 1, 30k miles so far no problems.  A third I did initially 
with Mobil 1, 20k so far no problems.  Depending on the vehicle I 
change every 5k or 10k no matter how many years pass.  I have a 1980 
Toyota I bought new that has 230k and several Ford pickups over 120k 
and tractors with 10k hours ... the only problem is that I have no 
excuse to get a new car or tractor because they all run perfectly.  I 
had a speaker go out in my 99 diesel and my wife thought I should 
replace the speaker rather than get a new truck :-(  Eric

At 09:00 AM 6/3/2011, you wrote:
>Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 14:42:28 -0400
>From: Harry Smith <     >
>Subject: Re: <VV> New Oils for Classic cars
>To: Jim Houston <jhouston45 at gmail.com>
>Cc: Virtual Vairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>Message-ID: <BANLkTikakm8zBZ+3G4T+MY-B5Mjxn7OVqQ at mail.gmail.com>
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>Intersting. I was discussing oil yesterday with a friend of mine and he sent
>me to a turbo website, Forced Performance. They had a nice chart on oil with
>brand, weight, amount of ZDDP and cost. I have attached it here.
>Harry Smith
>1963 Rampside
>Coral Springs, FL


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