Date:         Tue, 15 Jul 2003 13:52:26 -0700
Reply-To:     dwayne deckard <racinbugs@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         dwayne deckard <racinbugs@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Oil
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why dont you use some castrol semi synthetic if you
want to try a mix.I know we used semi- synthetic oils
in aircooled aircraft engines in the winter time.

--- Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
> that is a point, that there is more friction with
> dino oil which causes
> heat... and yet dino oil is a coolant... and then
> synthetic has less
> friction and less cooling... so a mix of both could
> be ideal.. but if it
> were, racers, offroad racers would be doing this
> already... and if it were
> ideal there would be an ideal proportion...
>
> then too with racing, is there a build up in heat
> around the bearings more
> so than in normal driving... to a degree that dino
> makes a difference, where
> the amount of friction heat build up requires dino
> oil cooling, and though
> with synthetic there is less friction, there is
> still enough that without
> dino oil cooling the bearings suffer.
>
> so under normal street driving will my bearings last
> longer with dino oil
> ala kendall or synthetic...
>
> mobile one, redline... are 15w50, and 15w50 or 20w50
> (redline offers both)
>
> kendall, a great organic oil, also makes a synthetic
> which is 5w50... has
> anyone tried this yet... I'm wondering if it
> would/could cause oil pressure
> problems...
>
>
>
>
> >From: boroko <marokus@VOYAGER.NET>
> >
>   Somewhere there has to be a balance
> >between heat generated by the lesser oil and the
> heat carried by it.  Not
> >very scientific, just observations.
> >
> >Mark
>
>
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