Racing oil

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  1. kwldchld

    kwldchld Member

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    What have you guys found to be the best oil out on the market for the TA/FC motors??
     
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    Bradredamaliegibbsvalvpennzlucaspurp 20w30-40-50-60-70
     
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  3. Scotttrod

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    I mix

    I am no expert here, but I mix Brad 70 and Valvoline racing 60. I was burning pushrod tips until I added the Valvoline at the recommendation of the Smith Brothers (Pushrod guys). Works well for me.
     
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  4. Blownalky

    Blownalky Top Sportsman

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    Wow, I'd like to know why that works that way.
     
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  5. Scotttrod

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    I have no idea, but it works. I talked with them in person at PRI in Indy last December and they said "Do this", I did it.... Nothing trick in my parts, Stage 5 intakes and not sure what exhaust. The intake cups were having trouble. If you look at my running history, LOL, they were burning pretty quickly. Last outing 3 runs and they look perfect.

    http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab309/scottfarley/IMG_2538_zps4f12c48a.jpg
     
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  6. Soldierboy0098

    Soldierboy0098 Active Member

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    Oil

    Brad Penn 70 wt and Lucas Oil stabilizer, Works great

    Best wishes,
    Trevor Sherwood

     
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    Soldierboy0098, Jul 12, 2014
  7. badbird

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    RED LINE no question
     
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  8. Will Hanna

    Will Hanna We put the 'inside' in Top Alcohol
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    Red Line

    The Red Line synthetic is the best option in my opinion.

    It may have the most cost up front compared to conventional oils, but the fact it is a synthetic, the alcohol separates from the oil easily, you can cook the fuel off numerous times. When I was with Foster Racing, we would get close to 50 runs out of a drum of oil. If you don't mind cooking the oil after a run or two, then the Red Line will have the lowest cost per run compared to an oil that you throw away after using.

    Aside from re-using, the parts really look nice after using Red Line. It tastes like crap, but if you can get past that, it's a good oil.

    The cheapest method to cook it off is to get a turkey frier set up, but I have a customer that took a 15 gallon drum, welded a bung and put a 250 deg heating element in the bottom, plug it in and forget it.
     
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  9. Mark Leigh

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    Will, what are the changes , if any that should be made to the oiling system if a guy is changing to red line from lets say Torco ----- I am told the pressure drop is significant, that the bypass must be shimmed up , ?

    Also do you see a pressure drop when running the cooked oil from the new oil ? What is the typical pressure you might see in a Hemi ?

    Do you tighten up your main bearing clearance when committing to Red Line ? Thanks
     
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  10. Joad Donnelly

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    I have had great luck with Redline. We switched to Redline after trying a number of different conventional oils in a blown BBC, including Brad Penn. The improvements in the way the internal components looked was amazing and we never changed any clearances. Unless we contaminate the oil with a some type of metal making failure we run the same oil all season. We never cook it, just drain it and set the open bucket out in the Kansas sun and run it through a paint filter before putting it back in. We've been doing this for years.

    Joad
     
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    Joad Donnelly, Jul 15, 2014
  11. rattler

    rattler AA/Fuel Altered

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    oil pressure

    Will, What kind of oil pressure did Fosters F/C run ? Is it lower with the synthetic and what weight did you use ? How much oil did you put in wet sump f/c pan ?
    Thank you
    Ricky
     
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