

| Subject: | Re: Oil |
| From: | dwayne deckard |
| Date: | Tue, 15 Jul 2003 13:52:26 -0700 |
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 > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months > FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
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