Help with oil recommendation for 66 Corvair

[Johnny]

Originally Posted By: brsmith
I agree Gary.

But, this is a car that will probably be babied and air cooled engines are harder on oil. I was thinking since this is a classic and they have gone to the expense of a rebuild/resto that better is what they would want.

Both my '84 Hurst Olds and '66 Dodge Hemi Coronet get upper end syns and they don't need it.

I just feel better running them. hehe..


You have a 84 Hurst Olds and a 66 Dodge Hemi Coronet, well you need to post pictures of those beauties.

 

[mechtech2]

Agent 86 also drove a Karmann Ghia [opening screen].

A 15-40 HDEO oil would be great [also cheap!]. Winter would like thinner oil, like 5-30 or 5-40.

Car's valves needed the lead in the gas back then for long life.
If yours were not upgraded, use a lead substitute or MMO in the fuel to help.

 

[shpankey]

Originally Posted By: Johnny
If it's available, how about a picture of this old beauty.


Here's a few he sent me. He's done some really nice work on this project.

Here's the links to the full size, non-compressed images...

66 Corvair Pic 2 Fullsize.jpg

66 Corvair Pic 3 Fullsize.jpg

 

[Johnny]

Holy smokes, he really did a nice job on that one. Is this car located in Oklahoma?

 

[shpankey]

Yeah, N.E. Oklahoma. He's really happy with it so far.