oil additive

going Sat for my first TnT on car;;blown alcohol injected 540bbc;;have BRAD PENN 50WT in car..should i be putting a oil stabilizer in it like Lucas Oil/Heavy duty oil stabilizer? or do you reccomond something differant;;reason i said lucas is i think my local parts stores[auto zone and orally's]would have it..have no speed shops or performance shops close to get anything from.

 

You will be fine with the Brad Penn out of the jug no snake oils required !

 

hahaha!!! See my reply on CFB......YES to what he said! Brad puts the "good stuff" in at the Factory....unlike Lucas and Amalie......and YES...I have tried them ALL!

 

I've ran brad for 10 passes in one weekend with same oil. Hook a small vaccume to the valve cover or dry sump tank like a turbo car. Those guys say they can run brad oil for like 30'runs ! The trick is getting all the meth out. You can even heat it up at night to help bubble the meth out. It won't hurt the oil.

 

I run Brad Penn 50 straight up. But I do pre-lube the rockers, push rods etc, before first start each day, with the Lucas HD Oil Stabilizer. Can't ever have too much lube!!!

 

I am going with the Red Line 50wt but have the same question about additives,oh and good luck with your first passes,keep everyone updated!!

 

I used to work for HERC headquarters (Hertz Equipment Rental) we had all kinds of snake charmers come and say they are the best… and we did try… What we found is ProLong is the best!!! I have seen it work… After using it for one year the branch had 30% less catastrophic failure. And yes I use in our race car, a while back had the dry sump belt fall off in the burn out made a pass just wiped out top of push rods nothing wrong with the bearings or anything else.

 

I've had great success with VR1 60 weight Valvoline Racing Oil combined with one quart Lucas heavy duty oil stabilizer per fourteen quarts of oil. Been running it since 2010 in a MBR Hemi and (knock on carbon) never had a bearing related failure. Or for that matter any failure that I could attribute to oil. As a matter of fact last year my engine builder forgot to install the oil galley plugs in the front and rear of the block, I started and ran the car at least four times trying to get oil pressure before I realized that they had been left out. Forgot to mention that I was the engine builder....LOL. All it did was blue the top of one pushrod, I think that was because my prelude juice is 50/50 mix of Lucas oil stabilizer and 60 weight. It's available at local parts stores, realitivy cost effective and I can boil the meth out of it at the end of the weekend. Use this info to help you decide on your oil of choice.

 

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2 bottles of STP..and 16 Qt's of oil I have never had a bearing problem..Dave

 

where;;no test and tune;;started raining at 7;00am when i started loading trailer and hastn't stoped yet;;guess it be May now before can try again..

 

I know a guy that accidentally put lower main bearings up top and did a run, low 6 et in a door car, only lube to all bearings was redline assembly lube when installed, bearings were ugly but it didn't even look like it was going to put a rod out, I've been using it ever since!

 

Bet he had awesome oil pressure at guage !