Originally Posted By: DeepFriar
#BigDaddyEast
Was it serviceable? Boy howdee. I have managed to dig up a paper by a university professor on the efficacy of the formulation, The out take from the study is only for KyLu Oil products, BV (a Dutch company):
Observations and Possible Improvements in Racing Lubricants – An Industry Review
Dr. Richard Stiff PhD, ObGyn (eat al)
Department of Reservoir Engineering , Pettingphysics, Drilling Mechanics and Pyrotechnics
Slippery Rock University, Black Hole (Wax County), PA
This paper will endeavor to provide an anecdotal overview of the racing lubricants industry and some of the basics of how it operates. It is based on observation, input from various supposed experts and conclusions will be drawn based on my own deep experience. It is intended to spur interest in the scholarly pursuit by more quantitative methods of reservoir management and non-artesian release of the various fluids.
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Chapter 23 KyLu Oil Products, BV (an operating subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
KyLu attempts to address a broad variety of needs, from desperate to nonchalant, and manufactures a range of products from the standard everyday industrial lubricant formulations right through to the interest of this paper – racing products.
Marketed as a superior enhancement to existing naturally occurring lubricants, KyLu’s premier racing products, named “Be-All” and “End-All”, have many unique, even counterintuitive properties. they are synthetics (manufactured apparently from lonnng chain components) and engineered to provide what the company calls “variable kinetic lubricity” depending on the use interval. While “BeAll” talks a good marketing story it is more conventional in the sense that it has a thinner viscosity when cold rising to a higher viscosity when heated but can fail to penetrate and adhere in extremely high stress races.
“EndAll”, strangely, operates in reverse manner to this which is the secret to the products success. It starts out cold with a certain coefficient of friction - relative high viscosity - advances through a high dynamic kinematic phase to finally climaxing hot at the end of each racing stint with virtually zero viscosity! Cumpletely used up.
Like any racing lubricant it is expected to be changed between stints as there is little to no detergent in the formulation. It is highly effective at keeping equipment within surface operating temperature limits and seems to have outstanding anti-wear properties. Measurements taken between stints indicate that both thrust bearings and end-play characteristics are within the safe range (foreplay was not investigated but..who cares). While valves appear to have no lasting deposits a doctorate level exam post-race is seen as prudent.
While “EndAll” has many legal disclaimers associated with it (the non-guarantees of performance, possible contractual obligations, who calls who the day after the race, etc etc) it is deemed generally safe for use. The products safety data investigation revealed that only one death has been reported due to “EndAll” use. A laboratory worker at an entity called Black-Stones expired after handling a UOA sample the racing team neglected to mark as a biohazard. As yet full guilt is unresolved in court at this time.
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Yes, I have too much time on my hands. Cheers.
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