[TPR] Oil weight opinions

[John Bentley]

I use Valvoline Race 20W-50 for ORR or track since I know the oil is gonna be hot.  I also add some ZDDP.  After the race I use 10W-40 for around town.  There is no "right" answer to this though as there are many opinions.


JB



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 From: Teampantera <teampantera at yahoo.com>
To: Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com>; tpr at teampanteraracing.com 
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 7:36 PM
Subject: Re: [TPR] Oil weight opinions
 
Consensus? 
AMSOIL sponsoring you?

Fyi - Jack posted something comparing motor oils in Newsletter in last few months.

When JB got a FREE case of Royal Purple at Silver State I just stole his oil otherwise that liquid gold is too much money in my humble opinion.

I've read all the claims by amsoil, redline, royal purple, etc and I know you and others are loyal users but my feedback from some pro drivers (JB & the Pope).was unless you get sponsored FREE motor oil or are turning 7,000 R's for an hour any quality motor oil is fine. 

After my initial break in I did use Mobil One for awhile but went right back to Valvoline VR1 race oil because I found a case in back of the garage I forgot.

I change it after avery orr or track event. Yea I read  there is some  advantage to using a oil with a high zddp content but why pay the.extra$2-3 bucks a qt for that stiuff but is it worth 6-9 bucks a quart?

Only if you think so ;-)

Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:

>All,
>
>I'll be running a break-in oil in the Pantera for the next few weeks as 
>I put as many miles on her as possible.
>
>After that I'll switch to the permanent oil.  Here are the options I'm 
>looking at, from Asmoil in weights:
>     5W-20
>     10W-30
>     15W-50
>
>What would the expert consensus be?  (I already know what I'd like, but 
>I'm looking for alternate opinions which could change my mind)
>Asa Jay
>
>Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
>&  Shelley Marie
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