<VV> Fully broken in and ready for synthetic oil

[J R Read]

Check the Mobil 1 chart for which ones have adequate ZDP.  I only see two.

http://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/MotorOil/Files/Mobil_1_Product_Guide.pdf

Later, JR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Upham" <contactsmu at sbcglobal.net>
To: "VirtualVairs AA" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>; "Bryan Blackwell" 
<bryan at skiblack.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Fully broken in and ready for synthetic oil


> Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that synthetics were the
> ultimate oil to use.  I don't remember reading any discussions about
> the levels of ZDDP in synthetic oils.  They always seemed to center
> around dyno oils.  Do I understand correctly that synthetics also need
> to have high ZDDP levels to be effective in our Corvair engines?
>
> Stephen
>