Recent content by JackWildfeuer

The V6 700R4 has a shallower drum and a few other things. I put a SBC in a Toyota HiLux and 4Runner and a SBF in a old school Ranger with the tires tucked under the body back before I knew anything about Detroit Iron. I had an engine sitting around that I had built to go into a NOVA and the...

Might have temporarily solved oil consumption issue on 2AZFE 2007 Camry So I have tried everything under the sun to try to rectify this situation other than piston soak. I never have the car for more than a few hours 1-2 times per year. It was wife's car now one of sons. He is away working on...

Some how I managed to graduate college multiple times not just once. I managed to work in the automotive industry in engineering since 1998. I am now 53 years old but could never understand data. General Motors might disagree with you that as well as Delphi, Saginaw Steering, Vistion, BFGoodrich...

What part of "valid data" do you not understand? I know our modern political correct world likes to play fast and lose with the meaning of words but that is not me. I have not changed the meaning of a word at all in my post. Do you know what it is to do a simple lab test? If so you should...

Bad orque converters tend to send metal and clutch material through the entire transmission often taking out the valve body. Since your valve body tends to be unobtanium mechotronix unit that contains valve body, TCM, and speed sensor I have to wonder how it is holding up. Bad mechotronics unit...

Is this just regional in the USA or wide spread. 5W40 has gone from cheap and readily available to hard to find and $28+ a gallon. I live in the rust belt in USA!

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...