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Originally Posted By: ADFD1 I'd start looking for another mechanic. +1

Wow, still on the first page! IIRC a member on here kindly sent me a can. Still have it--am loath to use it too much!

Originally Posted By: deepsquat Bought some PB a few months ago because of this thread ...1/2 in drive ratchet and an 18 inch long pipe ...if it didn't work that time i was going to go buy a 6 foot long pipe !!! LOL! You know you're screwed when you have about a pipe a few feet long and...

Originally Posted By: Brett Miller Seriously consider getting a dry sump system and all of your oiling problems will disappear. +1

I think I may be confused as to nomenclature. In my world, a rear end and a differential are almost synonymous. More accurately, differentials are a superset of rear ends. What's the diff?

...for reasons discussed in gruesome detail in this forum. However, I am curious if the converse is also true? For example, say you took a PCMO or even HDEO and maybe put an additive in there, or just be crazy and add a dollop of EP grease to the mix. What would happen if you put something...

Maybe a Mobil1 0w oil? probably 30 as opposed to 20

Originally Posted By: Bill888 LH got shafted out of a well-earned win. Let's not forget that KR nailed LH's rear and also pretty much squeezed LH off of the track in earlier dices. I think that if you're going to penalize someone, the infraction should be so obvious that the penalty is imposed...

Yeah aren't the racing oils pretty much single weight? Why mess with multi-weight? Heck they use tyre warmers, it's reasonable to assume they heat the other mechanicals as well. Also, I bet it's more something along the lines of, they were using a 5w oil and switched to a 0w oil or something...

Why the 110 upper bound? Cos it's an older car and it protects better?

Hi all. Just lucked into this beaut and the manual simply states "Hypoid gear oil SAE90, 85W90." It's the same manual as for the 560 SEL and SEC, and for those cars the rear diff oil is "Hypoid gear oil SAE 90 for limited slip differential" So I think it's safe to assume that the limited slip...

Where in the advertising does it say that the oil is used in the race cars? At that level they probably give the teams lots of free oil. There are lots of other vehicles in use in NASCAR--the transporters, the golf carts. Heck if even one member of the team puts the oil in their personal car...

Yep I've heard F1 uses very light straight weight oils, 10 & 20 sound right. I've heard as low as 0w or even 00w, but I think that was before the two weekend rule (what a ridiculous rule BTW).

The engines are homologated like in F1. Blueprints have to be submitted and approved by NASCAR. The process takes months, sometimes years. The most recently approved engine gernerally has the advantage. If they just leave things alone, Chevy and/or Ford would create and engine that incorporates...

Originally Posted By: oilyriser . Changing plugs on my car is a scratch and bruise job. Oh man I know what you mean. I used to have a V6 Camry. The factory manual had you removing the intake manifold to change the rear bank of plugs. Creative use of extensions & swivels allowed me to do it w/0...

Yeah I saw that too. Food Lion had a similar strategy many years ago, I think the jury is still out on that one.

Originally Posted By: sunruh why not just employ an aircraft carrier emergency landing net at the end of the track? the plane weighs more. almost going the same speed. Some tracks have that. I think they still stop the average car too quickly and/or damage the car too much. Big difference...

Originally Posted By: oilyriser It's probably rich in Omega-3, protein, and phlogiston. Oh [censored], nice reference.

I hope they expand into the DC area soon!

How lame! I say simply cancel all events at tracks with small runoffs, like Pomona & Englishtown. Yeah those tracks are historic but not as historic as the 1/4 mile!