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Post up your oil choice!!!

Posted By: moparmattkos

Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 03:32 AM

Ok guys i been thinkin about trying a different oil in my low deck stroker drag car. What oil and weight are you guys having the best luck with???

I read on yellowbullet that some guys were using the quaker state Q 5w-30 synthentic anyone have experience with this oil?? Obviuosly i want to try and find a oil for my race car with the least windage
Posted By: Al_Alguire

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 05:28 AM

Brad Penn 10w30 and could not be happier with it.
Posted By: Lil Demon

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 02:01 PM

Brad Penn 10/30 here as well.
Posted By: Bob_Coomer

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 02:17 PM

Schaffer Oil 5w-50
http://www.schaefferoil.com/engine_oils.html
Posted By: Badfish67

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 02:24 PM

Brad Penn 15w40
Posted By: BobR

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 02:27 PM

Quote:

Brad Penn 15w40



My buddy builds some of the fastest motors in the PSCA. Brad Penn is all he sells in his shop and is all we use in our Outlaw car.
Posted By: Dyno1

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 02:29 PM

Brad Penn 20-50.
Posted By: an8sec70cuda

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 02:31 PM

Mobil One 15w50. CHIP
Posted By: Moparnut426

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 02:37 PM

Lets get a pole going,

My vote is brad Penn 10w30, or 15w40...

GOOD STUFF!!!
Posted By: Steve1118

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 02:51 PM

Brad Penn 20W-50
Posted By: ZIPPY

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 03:01 PM

At the moment Castrol 15w40
Posted By: cl440

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 03:13 PM

I must be old school!

Still running the Rotella 15w-40
Posted By: maximum entropy

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 03:14 PM

valvoline vr1 10w-30, flat tappet cam, 0 failures.
Posted By: 70blackfish

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 03:21 PM

le royal with purple....
Posted By: hemi471

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 03:28 PM

Amsoil Dominator 10W-30 racing oil

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Posted By: Crizila

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 03:48 PM

Royal Purple 10-40 synthetic race oil w/ Hughes additive.
Posted By: Dragula

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 03:52 PM

Quote:

I must be old school!

Still running the Rotella 15w-40



Ditto, but I add a Hughes Engines friction modifier with each change.
Posted By: Locomotion

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 03:58 PM

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Amsoil Dominator 10W-30 racing oil



Same here - 10w-30 or 5w-20.

Amsoil source & info.

For "Racing Motor Oil", click the "Motor Oil" drop-down & "Search".


Lots of good stuff in it!

Amsoil Technical service Bulletin
Posted By: WILD BILL

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 04:10 PM

AMSOIL 10w 30 here as well.


Might change to something different if I need to due frequent oilc hanges when I switch to alky.
Posted By: aarcuda

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 04:55 PM

valvoline VR1 20w50. but i'd run brad penn if I could get it local
Posted By: MegaDart

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 05:23 PM

valvoline VR1 20w50.



with 1/2qt of Lucas oil stabilizer
Posted By: Troublemaker427

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 06:09 PM

Joe Gibbs XP-3
Posted By: Hemiroid

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 06:13 PM

Quote:

valvoline VR1 20w50.



with 1/2qt of Lucas oil stabilizer



I alterate between that and Rotella.
Posted By: 408Dust

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 06:15 PM

Valvoline VR1 40W.
Posted By: greendart408

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 06:16 PM

Valvoline # VV851
Posted By: 65dragnet

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 07:25 PM

Rotella 10w 30
Posted By: 68roadrunner

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 07:42 PM

Quote:

Valvoline VR1 40W.




x2
Posted By: 11secdart

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 07:45 PM

Brad Penn 10W30

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Posted By: jim sciortino

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 07:50 PM

Schaeffer Supreme 9000 in a PSI screw blown HEMI.

Going to try Mobil 1 racing 0-20 in 417ci W-8. The profile looks good. Nice Z & P numbers.
Posted By: JD Dart

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 08:04 PM

Brad Penn 20-50 for me.
I was using redline 10-40 never again rod bearings looked terrible mains were ok. Been building engines for local racers here.
One customer was using Brad Penn 20-50 oil when we torn him down for a freshen up all the bearings look like we just put them in I was
sold on Brad Penn after that.
Used valvoline racing oil in the old days
no issues bearings looked good but that was in the 80’s before the EPA made the oil companies to reduce zinc content.
Posted By: 64Post

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 08:30 PM

Brad Penn here...
Posted By: HerboldRacing

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 09:05 PM

Brad Penn 10W-30. I get mine from Creech Racing.
Posted By: Anonymous

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 09:06 PM

valvoline VR1 20W-50 in the summer,
Rottela T 15W-40 in the spring and fall
Posted By: VernMotor

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 09:19 PM

15-40 rotella
Posted By: dartman366

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 09:23 PM

Brad Penn 20W50 It is now reccomended by Erson cam's as the oil of choice.
Posted By: dodgem1

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 09:31 PM

quicktrip (non detergant) thought you guys could use a laugh
Posted By: dodgem1

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 09:35 PM

no,valvoline 20-50 racing -jeff
Posted By: 77DragracerR/T

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 09:57 PM

Quote:

valvoline vr1 10w-30, flat tappet cam, 0 failures.



That's the oil i use but i just lost a crane cam/howards lifter
Actually looks like the lifter gave out and procided to remove part of the lobe.

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Posted By: 64Post

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/27/09 11:52 PM

Quote:

Quote:

valvoline vr1 10w-30, flat tappet cam, 0 failures.



That's the oil i use but i just lost a crane cam/howards lifter
Actually looks like the lifter gave out and procided to remove part of the lobe.



I run those lifters, too. That's not good...

How much spring pressure?
Posted By: Bob_Coomer

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/28/09 02:16 AM

Quote:

Quote:

valvoline vr1 10w-30, flat tappet cam, 0 failures.



That's the oil i use but i just lost a crane cam/howards lifter
Actually looks like the lifter gave out and procided to remove part of the lobe.



Holy cow, give us some details please..
Solid lifter, hyd lifter?
What kind of rpm, how much spring pressure?
Posted By: fourgearsavoy

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/28/09 02:34 AM

Brad Penn here
Gus

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Posted By: MoparDonny

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/28/09 02:37 AM

So what do you guys think is so special about your oils? I never know what to buy because everyone claims their's is best anyway. I've been using Pennzoil 10w30 or Castrol GTX 10w30. I used to run 15w40 Rotella. And I've used 10w40 Royal Purple, still have half a case in the shop. I can get Mobil 1 10w30 easy enough and thought I'd try that. Never had a problem with any of them.
Pennzoil 10w30 is in my car now though.

Don.
Posted By: 77DragracerR/T

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/28/09 02:45 AM

It was a solid lift cam but i think my "advice" on springs was too much as i was running K-Motion 800 springs on a Crane cam 560/580 lift 258/268 with Howard lifters.Just to clear things here I'm not saying one or the other product was to blame! But i ran the VR1 oil as it is recommended for flat tappet push rod engines and now that i have a MP590 cam in there i will be running that oil again.I think the pressure of the springs was too much IMO.Right now i will be running a little less pressure then recommended.Still in shock mode I guess.I don't know who too believe anymore? Never enough spring pressure,too much spring pressure???
Just don't know why it hit #7 intake and everything else was perfect? Not even one full season.
Posted By: CompSyn

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/28/09 03:03 AM

Quote:

So what do you guys think is so special about your oils? I never know what to buy because everyone claims their's is best anyway. I've been using Pennzoil 10w30 or Castrol GTX 10w30. I used to run 15w40 Rotella. And I've used 10w40 Royal Purple, still have half a case in the shop. I can get Mobil 1 10w30 easy enough and thought I'd try that. Never had a problem with any of them.
Pennzoil 10w30 is in my car now though.

Don.



People prefer “special” oils because of what’s formulated into them.

Nothing wrong with Pennzoil 10w30, Castrol GTX 10w30 or Mobil 1 10w30, but they are API (SM) rated oils. SM rated oils are required to have lower zinc and phosphorus levels which is not a problem in newer cars.

If you’re running a older modified V8 with a high performance flat-tappet camshaft, you need motor oil with higher levels of zinc and phosphorus.

Do a search here of the board for zinc and phosphorus (ZDDP).
Posted By: 64Post

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/28/09 03:33 AM

Quote:

It was a solid lift cam but i think my "advice" on springs was too much as i was running K-Motion 800 springs on a Crane cam 560/580 lift 258/268 with Howard lifters.Just to clear things here I'm not saying one or the other product was to blame! But i ran the VR1 oil as it is recommended for flat tappet push rod engines and now that i have a MP590 cam in there i will be running that oil again.I think the pressure of the springs was too much IMO.Right now i will be running a little less pressure then recommended.Still in shock mode I guess.I don't know who too believe anymore? Never enough spring pressure,too much spring pressure???
Just don't know why it hit #7 intake and everything else was perfect? Not even one full season.



I'm running a fast ramp Comp solid, 350# open w/double springs. About 1,000 street miles and a little dyno time. So far, so good...

I ripped the oil sample from another member here...

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Posted By: SomeCarGuy

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/28/09 04:08 AM

I've found that the filter is more important than the oil. The zinc thing is something to consider these days but head to head, oil is oil. I'm talking a given 10W-40 versus another 10W-40, etc. Not a syn oil against a dino, or any other combinations like that.
Posted By: CompSyn

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/28/09 03:54 PM

Quote:

I've found that the filter is more important than the oil. The zinc thing is something to consider these days but head to head, oil is oil. I'm talking a given 10W-40 versus another 10W-40, etc. Not a syn oil against a dino, or any other combinations like that.



You are right that motor oil filtration is an important factor.

The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) has known this for a while now.

See also: SAE Oil Filter Testing and Correlation Between Engine Wear.pdf - link

As for motor oil, if we are talking about comparing a non-race off-the-shelf name brand API rated petroleum 10W-40 to another 10W-40, probably not much difference there.

However, motor oil formulators have a vast menu of base oils and additives to consider when formulating a motor oil product. This goes for both conventional petroleum oils as well as synthetic oils. Based on a price to performance ratio, formulators can use inexpensive ingredients or high dollar ingredients to meet their objectives.

This is why some motor oils cost more than others; because motor oil is not created equal.

Retired VP of Marketing at the Hatco Corporation, Tom Schaefer, can explain this better than I can.

Excerpt from fom Schaefer’s article, What’s In Your Oil: Choosing the right components of the right chemistry in the right dosages is a real balancing act, as each of the components have their own pluses and minuses and can interact or compete with each other. Don’t try this at home - leave it to companies you trust who have the technology, R&D, and resources to achieve the necessary balance so critical to performance.

Read Tom Schaefer’s full article: What’s In Your Oil - link
Posted By: 70dusterjohn

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/28/09 04:13 PM

So I guess I'm the only one using Kedall 30WT...
Posted By: 05dakota

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/28/09 04:20 PM

summit's 10w40 race oil
Posted By: justinp61

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/28/09 10:55 PM

Caterpillar 15-30 with Hughes additive.
Posted By: srracing8

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/30/09 01:42 AM

Royal Purple 20W50 Racing Synthetic
Amsoil Syn in the Trans
Posted By: moparniac

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/30/09 01:57 AM

What is so great about Brad Penn everyone recommends.. other than saying brad penn list why? I am gonna run a solid roller setup... local speed shop has it for $13 qt
Posted By: ironjay

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/30/09 03:23 AM

What so great about Brad Penn is it is $3.75 a qt. for 10-30 and 20-50 here, and it is the only oil that my engine builder says to use.
Posted By: 05dakota

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/30/09 03:27 AM

i paid over 7 bucks since nobody within 100 miles stocks it.
Posted By: ZIPPY

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/31/09 02:01 PM

Quote:

So what do you guys think is so special about your oils?



Absolutely nothing....other than it's NOS SJ

I buy old forumlations where I can find them and get a good deal on them.
Posted By: RobR

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/31/09 02:05 PM

Pennzoil 50 for me.
Posted By: sixpackbee

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/31/09 02:22 PM

Mobil One 5/20 in bracket mode. Gibbs 0wt for class.
Posted By: 64Post

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/31/09 05:43 PM

Quote:

What is so great about Brad Penn everyone recommends.. other than saying brad penn list why?



Look at the phosphorus and zinc content in the lab test I posted above and compare it to the other brands.
Posted By: ETASPEN

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/31/09 05:52 PM

Brad Penn 20/50 in race car
Rotella T 15/40 in CTD truck
Posted By: ccdave

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/31/09 05:57 PM

Brad Penn 20/50 here!!!!!!!

Posted By: flatiron

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 08/31/09 06:08 PM

Not trying to Hi jack. But Brad Penn does really need to get out on the road and pick up some more retailers. Ilive about 60 miles from where's it made and still have to drive 45 miles to find it. Pretty sad they are pretty much unheard of even in their own backyard.
Posted By: Big B

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 09/01/09 02:19 AM

Mobil One V-twin oil.
Posted By: Madness

Re: Post up your oil choice!!! - 09/01/09 04:15 AM

Pennzoil 15W-40 LongLife Gold. It still carries the CJ-4 classifacation (now considered truck stop oil). I found several gallon jugs at Wal-Mart for $10 a gallon.
Nickey Fowler, who runs Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center here in Lubbock, recently told me that even these truck stop oils are going to reduce their zinc & phosporus content, so I may start adding a can of GM's EOS (about $10 per can) at oil change. & I use Wix Racing oil filters.
BTW, We have farm & ranch stores here called Gebo's. They have always carried Mystik lubricants, which used to be produced in Oklahoma by Cato Oil & Refining. According to some comparisons I found on the e-net, their 15W-40 JT-8 is a synthetic blend (?) & carried some of the highest zinc & phosporus content I've found. Then I read Mystik is now owned by CitGo, which is owned by Chavez of Venzula. Bummer, cause Mystik always had a reputation a being a quality oil at a low price.

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