[DeTomaso] A presentation on race oil basics from Joe Biggs Oil

[adin at frontier.net]

DAn J or someone:  Are synthetics recommended for flat tappets?  Do we  
know what the zinc content might be?

still a flat tappet boy, in Durango  (thanks, etc)


Quoting Doug Braun <doug at silicondesigns.com>:

> Chris,
>
> 	My guess is that Joe Biggs oil is a name brand synthetic that he adds ZDDP
> to for racing use.  Anybody know more about his oil?
>
> As for what to do, here's my opinion FWIW:
>
> 	If you had an $8,000 (or greater value) engine in your car with a flat
> tappet cam, I recommend the Joe Biggs oil at $9/qt.
>
> 	If you had a roller cam, I recommend Mobil 1 15W50 synthetic at $4.50/qt.
>
> 	But yours is a flat tappet cam in a stock 351C (with more than 50K miles on
> it?), go with the Rotella at $3.50/qt.
>
> Doug Braun
> blue 73L #5505
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
> [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On Behalf Of Curt Hall
> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 11:28 PM
> To: Christopher Kimball; Ken Green; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] A presentation on race oil basics from Joe Biggs
> Oil
>
>
> Lets see, If you have a 10qt oil pan, why not just use 3qts shell, 3qts
> synthetic, and 3qts Joe Briggs and1qt multi blend? maybe the best of all
> worlds?
>
>   No really anyone have a idea about blending two oils?
>
> Christopher Kimball <chrisvkimball at msn.com> wrote:
>
> OK, so here I was, ready to start using Shell Rotella 30 wt, and now I read
> this...has there ever been a consensus for which is better, the Shell or the
> synthetic stuff listed here? My 351 is fairly stock, so does that make a
> difference?
>
> Sure appreciate your feedback.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris
> #3846
>
>
>> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:58:15 -0800
>> From: kenn_green at yahoo.com
>> To: detomaso at realbig.com
>> Subject: [DeTomaso] A presentation on race oil basics from Joe Biggs Oil
>>
>> http://www.joegibbsracingoil.com/Downloads/racingoil101.pdf
>
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