Gear oil question

I'm new to this blown/pro mod stuff.I have a Strange 9.5 Ultracase floater rear axle.Do I run the synthetic 75/90?.Seemed to work ok with slower cars I had before.
Thanks in advance for your time

 

Synthetic gear oil not only reduces the life of your gears it is harsh on track surfaces if leaked. The synthetic works great in every day cars because there is no stress and it works against heat but in a race car there is no heat but all stress. Lucas works best. If you have any questions about this call Tom at Toms differential @ 208-265-8111 and can better explain.

 

Blower cars are TOUGH on gears. Use Redline Shock-Proof, the thick red snot. No, they are not a sponsor, just a product I have had EXCELLENT results with!

 

I own and operate a truck repair shop. I wish everyone would go back to the old lubricants, because now everyone uses the new synthetic stuff, and I don't get to repair or rebuild nearly as many rear ends or transmissions as I once did.

Michael D.

 

Holddddddd on guys......I just got a strange top loader and as of today, tuesday december 19 I called strange. I was asking strange what lube to use in my top loader and they said DO NOT USE ANY SYNTHETIC OIL IN IT..as for me I started to read all of the post so I called... so...BLWNAWAY answered it just as strange did, they said it was hard on gears and they also had several other reasons..I think everyone in here has all good ideas, and is very smart..so maybe some things work great for some people were other things might not work so good for others..If it's not broke don't fix it!!!! Dave Lowe

 

synthetics

I have always used amsoil in the rear with good luck, after I saw this post I looked in it....the gears don't look as spiffy as they used to....has the formula been changed maybe? 20 years ago one of my "bright" (or not so bright) ideas was to run atf in the diff thinking it would cut down on drag...well it cut down on gear life... after just a few runs they were worn out......that is kind of what this looks like, there is a definate amount of wear and backlash has increased. Open for suggestions as to why?

 

hi Mike, tracy is also the one I talked to so let me on this she said it would be very hard on my ring gear and pinion??? thanks Dave Lowe

 

I am also a true believer in synthetic lubes for everything I own and run. It saves me money on my racing parts and downtime on everything else cars, trucks, boat and shop equiptment.
Not just because my business Full Race Supply is a Warehouse Distributor of Redline products.

 

I have a 1998 Dodge Ram 3500 with 160,000 miles on it that I use for towing my race car around. It has synthetic oil in the rear and trans from the factory. I don't think that Dodge would put any oil in their vehicles that would have a chance to cause wear quickly. I know it's not a race car but my truck sees quite a lot of stress towing. I saw Amsoil mentioned in an earlier post, is this stuff any good for motor oil? I was approached to run it in my TAD by a potential sponsor.

 

Synthetics

I mentioned the amsoil, I have used it since 1984 and have had great luck with it, seals do not harden and absolutly (sic) no residue buildup that I have ever seen in a motor, my current p/u has 230,000 no smoke when started and no leaks, until recently when we bought a new duramax this was "the tow vehicle" now I cannot tell you about residue buildup becouse I have never had a valve cover off of it....but I quit using the amsoil in my racemotors becouse I started eating the lifter bores and I talked to amsoil and found out they had cut the zinc out for emission reasons....still use it in my street vehicles. My rear gears in the dragster are starting to look rough, now maybe there is something else going on other than the amsoil gear lube but since this post started thought I would look and was I surprised. Let me know what you find out please mike...thank you.