Recent content by JackWildfeuer

The problem is whe want something that always works, works in a resonable amount of time, does no harm to bearings or seals and is affordable. We want to be able to see with the naked eye that it has worked with out the need for engine tear down. We want to see varnish removed just as much as...

I had a problem with a daily driver eating lobes at 10,000rpm. This was a 22RE in a Toyota 4Runner. The cam and valve springs where custom made to my specification in the mid 1990's when I was in college. Never did solve that issue. It was always cylinder 3 that would eat a lobe. Eventualy I...

Well the new engines with prohibation against 15W40 are not doing so well. They are having massive issues with lifters and cam lobes. The CAM design, materials, and manufacture is as good as it gets but the lifters and push rod design are terrible! You can not fix a bad design with great oil...

That oil is looking anemic for a diesel oil expected to last 15,000 miles per OEM recomendation!

Well I think the wear metal trending data combined with peak torque data tells us most of what we need to know to make an informed decision on which direction to go or not go. We only blew up 1 space shuttle by launching in cold weather that an engineer warned NASA about repeatedly because of a...

I think he puts a lot of weight behind the dyno testing he shares with us and lot that has been private from us. Keep in mind he was formulating origanaly for Driven Motor Sports back in the day. That is me guessing. I know my many years of work in the automotive industry and aviation is what I...

Then I must have replied to the wrong post. I assure you the post I clicked reply to was rather negative about Daves for pushing Gale Banks Products. If it did not pertain to you than obviously it was not a responce to you or at you. Sorry if it shortened your life span any from the micro...

There have been more than a few 0W40's come and go over the years that had additive packages that looked exactly like a CK-4 rated 5W40 or 15W40. It seems strange to me that no one has taken the time to make a shear stable high hths CK-4 rated 0W40 and make it widely available. By widely...

Because they sponsor the tar out of Tractor Pulls, Truck Pulls, and dirt track oval racing! What did history and Adolph Hitler teach us? Tell a lie, tell it often, tell it confidently, the more outragious the better and it will become the truth in no time! I am not even anti additive I just do...

I am getting a lightly used Ram 3500 soon with 68RFE and 190K miles. I know going in it will at some point need to be rebuilt. They do not cost that much to rebuild if your not looking to make 800+HP and 1500lb-ft or torque and abuse the snot out of the truck doing things it was never meant to...

Sure his tests are not ASTM level but that does not make his data wrong. The data he generates is still valid data. How do you thing ASTM became a thing? You think this testing body poped up one day as it is today fully formed with all of it's standards in place? You guys are the same types that...

If "FF" is a double explative meant in a positive way than I would agree! LOL Never seen "FF" before so I am guessing. I am not sure what you problem is with Gale Banks. Gale Banks has a proven track record in the real world and racing. He has consulted for almost every domestic manufacture of...

I would love to have manual transmissions, crank down windows and manual seat adjustments back again. I would also love to lose the giant display and menu driven everything in cars and trucks today. I do have a 24 year old Camry that I love to drive that is primitive and a manual transmission...

Remember boys TQxRPMS/5252=HP rotational drag is a non-issue if RPMS never get high enough to benifit from it! What you think you know about gasoline engines does not transfer to low RPM diesels 1:1 in real world practice.

That only applies to modern low tension ring and low drag light weight piston designs in application that have the available headroom in the form of RPM. So in a low reving diesel engine with massive full skirt pistons, normal tension super wide and thick rings and extra rings cmpared to modern...