Kendall Full Syn 5-40, 01 LS1 Firebird, 7656 miles Raced

Ojustracing · May 27, 2004

Hey everybody, Here my results. Some quick bits of info. Oil was in car for 11 days, covered 7,656 miles with aprox 150mile from road course's, 3 1/4mile passes. Car had 3 big misshifts on my part aleast 6500 rpms and had alot of sustained high rpm racing on the track's.
Car was Raced in the One Lap Of America.

kendall 5w40 full SYN
Mileage on car 45868
Oil 7656
Iron 19
Chromium 1
Nickel 0
Alum 3
Copper 14
Lead 1
Tin 3
Cadmium 0
Silver 0
Titanium 0
Vanadium 0
Silicon 5
sodium 14
Potassium 17
Moly 4
Antimony 0
Manganese 0
Lithium 0
Boron 10
Magnesium 920
Calcium 1584
Barium 0
Phosphorus 909
Zinc 1069
Fuel 2.5%
Soot h20 Vis 100cs 13.8
TBN 5.17
Oxid 10
Nita 24
There recomendations are not to extend oil drain and oil and filter change. So what do you think. John Oliver

[ June 02, 2004, 05:28 AM: Message edited by: Patman ]

sbc350gearhead · May 27, 2004

You drove 7k miles in 11 days?????

Ojustracing · May 27, 2004

Yes I did.

One Lap Of America was 5600 miles, it was 725 for me to get to start, 725 to get home, 150 track miles and 120 getting lost in Colorado. 1200 bucks in fuel. It was a blast. Later John

Ps to be honest I have to recehck my ending mileage. I thought my final count was higher 7549 is what I rememebr.I will check tomoorw.

jthorner · May 27, 2004

quote:

Iron 19
Chromium 1
Nickel 0
Alum 3
Copper 14
Lead 1
Tin 3

Those look like very good wear numbers for an LS1 and the conditions you noted.

The 2.5% fuel contamination seems high though.

John

Palut · May 27, 2004

Do those sodium and potassium numbers look okay? Or could they be suggesting a coolant leak?

Bobert · May 27, 2004

I once drove 6000 miles in a week..Went from Charlotte to Los Angeles stayed a few days, then went back...fun fun! Rental car too.. he he.

Patman · May 27, 2004

quote:

Originally posted by Palut:
Do those sodium and potassium numbers look okay? Or could they be suggesting a coolant leak?

That definitely could be a concern, unless this oil contains some to begin with, like Redline does. A VOA on this oil would help determine that.

These wear numbers look simply incredible for the amount of abuse this car saw!

pinoy99 · May 27, 2004

Any make up oil? That trip must have been a blast! One driver for the entire race?

Did cross country trip in one week from NJ to CA back in '88 to watch the GP bike race in Laguna Seca. Only had 2 full nights sleep during the trip, one in Vegas and the other in the Bay Area.
Driving shared between myself, my older brother and my best friend.

Bror Jace · May 27, 2004

Ojustracing, didn't you come here asking which oil would be the best for this event?

Happy with the result?

I would be.

Did the car require much make-up oil during the interval?

--- Bror Jace

Motorbike · May 27, 2004

quote:

Originally posted by Bror Jace:
Ojustracing, didn't you come here asking which oil would be the best for this event?

--- Bror Jace

Yes he did Thread

If he can't get more for free if I were him I'd just buy some ...it looks like very good oil . The 76 5w-40 should be the same .

ToyotaNSaturn · May 27, 2004

Looks like this oil is at the top of the list for taking a beating still and smelling like roeses in the end. The only thing missing is a couple months worth of cold starts to place this oil at or near the top of the 5w-40 synth hill.

All them miles in less than two weeks! WOW! Didn't your back hurt??

jason07-1zzfe · May 27, 2004

Not bad considering it would have even better without the fuel. I'd get that fixed.

Pablo · May 27, 2004

Look mom, no Moly!!

To be honest in the past Kendall didn't impress me. I'd like to see some combo driving in some other vehicles on this oil, but obvisouly it loves the highway in your car!!!

Great oil, must be an awesome base formulation. I would love to try this in my newer Volvo.

Ojustracing · May 27, 2004

Well where do I start. Did my back hurt not really the seats in the car a very comfortable.
Make up oil was 1.5 qts

The 3 things that bug myself are the Sod and Potassium, and the fuel Dilution.
On the fuel Dil could that of been from my sample technique. The car does run rich around town and this time I may not of warmed it like I usually do. I returned home parked the car left for work on monday and changed the oil that afternoon.
2 the sodium and Potassium can only come from Antifreeze right? Im looking at my earlier test and it does show sod at 5 and Potassium 2 but this sample only had 1200 miles on it but had almost 200 miles of track time.
Let me know what you think. I will post the other if you guys want but because of the low mileage of sample I didnt think it should be posted. Later John

buster · May 27, 2004

Unbelievable report! This is amazing. I'd say a nice 5w-40 is the way to go in these engines. And yes, NO MOLY! There is more then meets the eye with oils. More to the basestock blends like Amsoil.

[ May 28, 2004, 01:59 PM: Message edited by: buster ]

Pablo · May 27, 2004

You would need to run a virgin sample to see what the Na and K are. (Also try contacting Kendall) They sometimes are parts of additives....

Last_Z · May 28, 2004

quote:

Originally posted by Jason Troxell:
Not bad considering it would have even better without the fuel. I'd get that fixed.

There is probably nothing to be fixed! He is most likely getting the fuel from the racing he did. When he steps off the gas, the massive vaccumm created will just about suck the atmosphere past the piston rings......that's how he's getting the high fuel.

Ojustracing,
Where did you get that Kendall 5W-40?
Awesome report!

Motorbike · May 28, 2004

Autozone's carry the Kendall oil but of course not all stores have it but it can be ordered at no additional cost .

Product number 7182 which I don't think they can use but bar code number 75731 71823 they can .

A3 B3-98

at 4 bucks a quart or less

Last_Z · May 29, 2004

Moto,
You never cease to amaze me!

jason07-1zzfe · May 31, 2004

Sorry, don't buy that Last_Z... Unless it is heavily modified and not properly tuned.

No modern fuel injected vehicle should have fuel dilution, ever.

By the way fuel injected cars shut off the injectors when decelerating with a closed throttle. Even if they didn't your reasoning is still faulty.

[ June 01, 2004, 10:44 AM: Message edited by: Jason Troxell ]

Kendall Full Syn 5-40, 01 LS1 Firebird, 7656 miles Raced

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