[DeTomaso] Amsoil Re: typos in POCA newsletter

[Asa Jay Laughton]

Amsoil has a couple of good offerings that have high ZDDP in them.  One 
is a 10-40 for regular use and the other is a 15-50 for Racing use (if I 
recall).  The higher the ZDDP, the better for older flat-tappet engines.


Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired

& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA

1971 Mach I Mustang  [ASA JAY]
1973 Pantera L 5533  [ASASCAT]
    
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Ken Green wrote:
> I think Amsoil makes a synthetic for soid lifter cars.
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> Ken
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>  On Sun, 12/20/09, pantdino at aol.com <pantdino at aol.com> wrote:
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> From: pantdino at aol.com <pantdino at aol.com>
> Subject: [DeTomaso] typos in POCA newsletter
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Sunday, December 20, 2009, 11:12 AM
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> While I generally consider Jack to be god when it comes to Pantera tech issues, I think there are some typos in the oil article.
>
> My understanding is that 10W-30 means the oil flows like a 10 wt when it is cold and a 30 wt when it is hot, not the other way around. 
> And viscosity decreases with increasing temp, so flow would increase as temp goes up, not decrease.
>
> I recently posted on Bob is the Oil Guy and it was confirmed to me that a gas/diesel oil such as Delo or Rotella 15W-40 would be an ideal oil for a 351C. 
>
> Actually if you can get "Walmart SuperTech Universal Motor Oil 15W-40 CI-4, SJ" like I found its even better than the current Delo or Rotella because it has higher ZDDP levels.  
> Also, it costs about $10 per GALLON, so it's super economical.
>
> This is assuming you drive your car on the street. If you track or ORR it you should get special synthetic oil and add your own ZDDP if necessary.
>
> Jim Oddie
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