[DeTomaso] Oil ( high temp operating)

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/22/14 18 32 52, ehpantera at yahoo.com writes:


> I've noticed that Mobil 1 Racing Oil  0-50W is being promoted as being 
> able to withstand temps in excess of 500 degrees.  If true it might a benefit 
> for those who have oil temp problems.
> 
> Does anyone have any feedback regarding this product?
> 

>>>Just that in general, if you are going to be driving really hard on a 
racetrack and can't control oil temperatures via some sort of cooling device, 
then the fallback plan is to use the absolute best oil you can get.   This 
is totally unnecessary for street driving, where plain dinosaur oil does a 
fine job (or at least as fine as it can now that the government has made the 
manufacturers remove much of what makes oil slippery, due to the desire to 
preserve the life of catalytic converters....)

I use Mobil 1 in the track Miata (which will grow an oil cooler this week) 
because it has a fairly small sump.   My Cobra and GT350 both have oil 
coolers already, and have historically lived on normal (non-synthetic) oil, as 
has the Pantera, although that may change.   I'd like to have an oil cooler in 
the Pantera but haven't gotten around to implementing one yet; physical 
limitations of the Pantera structure will dictate the use of a water-to-oil 
heat exchanger rather than an air-to-oil oil cooler.   I've got the thing all 
ready to go--all I need to do is plumb and install it.

Mike
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   In a message dated 2/22/14 18 32 52, ehpantera at yahoo.com writes:

     I've noticed that Mobil 1 Racing Oil  0-50W is being promoted as
     being able to withstand temps in excess of 500 degrees.  If true it
     might a benefit for those who have oil temp problems.
     Does anyone have any feedback regarding this product?

   >>>Just that in general, if you are going to be driving really hard on
   a racetrack and can't control oil temperatures via some sort of cooling
   device, then the fallback plan is to use the absolute best oil you can
   get.  This is totally unnecessary for street driving, where plain
   dinosaur oil does a fine job (or at least as fine as it can now that
   the government has made the manufacturers remove much of what makes oil
   slippery, due to the desire to preserve the life of catalytic
   converters....)
   I use Mobil 1 in the track Miata (which will grow an oil cooler this
   week) because it has a fairly small sump.  My Cobra and GT350 both have
   oil coolers already, and have historically lived on normal
   (non-synthetic) oil, as has the Pantera, although that may change.  I'd
   like to have an oil cooler in the Pantera but haven't gotten around to
   implementing one yet; physical limitations of the Pantera structure
   will dictate the use of a water-to-oil heat exchanger rather than an
   air-to-oil oil cooler.  I've got the thing all ready to go--all I need
   to do is plumb and install it.
   Mike