Recent content by Paddy1337

how'd the engine come together? Decide on the oil? I rebuilt my engine, had been racing it for 2.5 seasons. Took it apart after running a personal best, actually. Used AMSoil ZRod 20w-50 for those 2.5 years. Only abnormality on teardown was a side-loaded piston, and bearings that looked like...

Originally Posted By: tokyem Also, key question is whether you can have too much Zinc...my friends that run Red Line swear you cannot. I'm with your friends. I think there is a point of diminishing returns; but at realistic numbers, I don't think there can be too much.

are you talking on an OEM motor with standard tuning and no racing?

I'll certainly do that since you're interested. I'll hold off until tonight when I'm home from work and can add pretty pictures/videos or something. Back to the subject of the Schaeffer supreme 9000: it sounds good on their site, and might be a good contender for a winter oil in my car, but...

Originally Posted By: ccdhowell Take a look at Schaeffer's 5w50 Racing oil, extremely good specs. I use it in my racing 2 cylinder 4wheeler with outstanding results. I know, apples and oranges, but look at the specs! Schaeffer's 5w50 Racing Got any details on the zinc content? I'm looking for...

Originally Posted By: phil240 Yes it is a single turbo and if you read through my post this is not my daily at all. gotta say, you are coming off a little bit like a **** in some of your posts to people who are just trying to help you. BUT, this is the internet, and things aren't always how...