I'm looking for a good break in oil and race oil for my Formula Vee/FV1200 race car. It is powered by a modified (but no turbos, nitrous, or anything crazy) Volkswagen Beetle engine from the 60's (1.2L, air cooled, four cylinder, carbureted, 6500 RPM shift, 4L oil capacity). I run six, three day events per season. OCI is relatively short, I will changing the oil and filter (Napa Gold or possibly K&N) before each event (for Friday and Saturday morning practice), and right before qualifying on the Saturday and using that oil for qualifying and three, fifteen minute races. Over the winter I will be getting the engine rebuilt (new pistons, rings, bearings, gaskets, etc.).
I am looking for a good conventional oil to break it in on during one pre-season practice day (I was thinking Valvoline), as well as my regular race oil. Everybody seems to use 5w30 for whatever reason, but I was thinking a 30w would be better suited. I can get a 5 gallon pail of Royal Purple 30w or 5w30 relatively cheap. I also have 22L of Mobil 1 10w30 that I could use. Amsoil is somewhat available (standard issue 5w30 and 10w30 @ Canadian Tire) but doesn't seem to make sense for such short OCI's and it's ---- expensive so I'd like to use the RP or M1, but if something is really much better for this application I don't mind spending a little more. Over the winter I will be obsessing about finding ways to reduce oil temps as much as possible (cooler engine = much more power) so any oil that helps accomplish this would be great, although protection is the most important. Sorry for the long post, just trying not to leave out any details! Thanks for the advice...
I am looking for a good conventional oil to break it in on during one pre-season practice day (I was thinking Valvoline), as well as my regular race oil. Everybody seems to use 5w30 for whatever reason, but I was thinking a 30w would be better suited. I can get a 5 gallon pail of Royal Purple 30w or 5w30 relatively cheap. I also have 22L of Mobil 1 10w30 that I could use. Amsoil is somewhat available (standard issue 5w30 and 10w30 @ Canadian Tire) but doesn't seem to make sense for such short OCI's and it's ---- expensive so I'd like to use the RP or M1, but if something is really much better for this application I don't mind spending a little more. Over the winter I will be obsessing about finding ways to reduce oil temps as much as possible (cooler engine = much more power) so any oil that helps accomplish this would be great, although protection is the most important. Sorry for the long post, just trying not to leave out any details! Thanks for the advice...
