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"More Zinc = More Wear?" with Lake Speed Jr
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YAAAYEEEESSSS! Another happy subscriber.
I like some PF content but more is just bad science... entertainment value only.millions of people doignore the haters
The plier video is what I would call good PF content.
You mean people who actually understand a bit of physics and proper testing methods?millions of people do
Yep. Dood doesn’t know how motor oils are tested nor what is relevant to ICE operation.
I second that but you do look "Virginian" to me. I can see it...
I was assuming HPL but I could be wrong.
Dave's not here man.
Lived in VA most of my 51 year life.I second that but you do look "Virginian" to me. I can see it...
This sparked a couple other questions:
Did Lake Speed leave the Joe Gibbs Driven lubes program when Gibbs spun it off to whoever owns it now?
Did Gibbs Racing switch to Mobil because Toyota wanted that, or was it was better financially to have Mobil as a sponsor than to compete with them selling oil? It looks like all the Toyota branded cars in Nascar and NHRA are running Mobil logos.
Did Lake Speed leave the Joe Gibbs Driven lubes program when Gibbs spun it off to whoever owns it now?
Did Gibbs Racing switch to Mobil because Toyota wanted that, or was it was better financially to have Mobil as a sponsor than to compete with them selling oil? It looks like all the Toyota branded cars in Nascar and NHRA are running Mobil logos.
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Mobil makes the engine lube for all NASCAR teams.
I think it was a very good video. Probably one of the top ones I've seen so far. This video really helped visualize what he's been saying lately about friction & wear are different. My additive notes to myself at least are that I think it brings the importance of OEM specifications in our oil. The weekend sleeper engine will get something else but for the most of us the OEM's have done this homework for the right balance of additives & viscosity. I'm glad that these videos are being posted here on BITOG. Bravo LS Jr. Keep it up! 
This part made me lol @18:04
This part made me lol @18:04
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The high end PCEO market is tough. Even HPL will tell you that industrial lubricants make the money. PCEO is the fun part.
Just having the “fun” part is like having icing with no cake.
Which is why there are dedicated industrial synthetic lubricant companies out there. That don’t do PCEO at all. Summit-Kluber, Quaker-Houghton, CFP, etc. etc.
You can have cake without icing.
Driven, I feel, can’t have a huge staff. And I’m also sorta curious if they even do their own blending. Or if they just hire it out.
PCEO is a rough market as a distributor unless you’re super cheap, or fly the OEM brand flags. (We do the OEM brand flags.)
How many here understand the reference?
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They have fuel and lube engineers embedded with Red Bull Racing
If they want to play high end - they can …
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Boomers LoL
All the majors can. It just depends on where they invest their time and focus. But also, the lubricants division of majors like Mobil, are an after thought. They’re the step child everyone forgets.
All it’s going to do is take a VP or something like that to end that relationship. Or one single safety issue. Whatever it is.
When P66 decided they were going to go into mining lubricants. They absolutely threw everything at it. People. Engineers. Pricing. Anything that was absolutely needed. They got OEM testing, OEM approvals, started doing OEM filling with Komatsu group. Etc.
Now they’re pulling back from that business because interests changed.
The lubricants market is cyclical. The big wild cards for me, is who’s going to buy Citgo and what is Chevron doing? Will Valvoline boot Mobil from Formula racing?
Weird time to be in this market.
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He’s run his car on the 400 acre Houston Campus and visited labs etc -
I have a feeling most executives wanted to meet him …
Red Bull Racing is no afterthought …
