Hello all, first time posting here. First I'd like to say you guys have a great forum here, I'll be returning often!
Alright, on to the question:
So I have a 99 Avalon (land yacht
) and the engine had a bad case of an uncontrollable bladder while I was away for a month. Guess we had some hot day/freezing night weather and my car ruptured a seal and [censored] about three liters. Didn't notice an oil spot cause it likes to rain a lot here in the PNW. Anyways, I rolled (exploded) a bearing, and decided now would be a good chance to teach myself how to rebuild an engine. One thing led to another, and I started doing a lot of while-you're-there upgrades (forged rods, bored cylinders, os pistons, rebalanced crank, lightened fly, lightweight crank pulley, race valves, better springs, Ti keepers, port/polish, headers, EGR delete, etc, etc). Probably pushing ~230-250hp when it's done. My end all goal is to push about 500hp hence the forged rods. Oh and I used sta-lube assembly lube, along with a bit of M1 on the bottom end.
So with that you can kind of get an idea at what I'm going for. I'm looking for recommendations on break -in oils, and then long term oils. I want to go synthetic, and I've deleted emissions equipment, so race oil isn't out of the question. I'm leaning more towards Motul, I used to run M1 FS 5w-30 before she blew. This engine is notorious for sludging, but I've made some precautions for that with a catch can, and EGR delete, plus synthetic obviously has its huge benefits. I drive hard, and when I get new cams I'll be pushing the redline from 6250, to about 7,500-8,000. I don't have a standard routine driving route, it varies week to week with work.
Toyo recommended 5w-30 conventional @ 5k OCI. Before she blew I was running the M1 @ 7.5k-10k OCI, and she was fine to do it. So now I'm thinking of using Motul's break-in oil for the first 50mi, but after that I'm a bit lost on which oil to run. I do also have a bunch of cans of vintage Valvoline conventional 20w-50 high performance racing oil.
Let me know your ideas?
Alright, on to the question:
So I have a 99 Avalon (land yacht
So with that you can kind of get an idea at what I'm going for. I'm looking for recommendations on break -in oils, and then long term oils. I want to go synthetic, and I've deleted emissions equipment, so race oil isn't out of the question. I'm leaning more towards Motul, I used to run M1 FS 5w-30 before she blew. This engine is notorious for sludging, but I've made some precautions for that with a catch can, and EGR delete, plus synthetic obviously has its huge benefits. I drive hard, and when I get new cams I'll be pushing the redline from 6250, to about 7,500-8,000. I don't have a standard routine driving route, it varies week to week with work.
Toyo recommended 5w-30 conventional @ 5k OCI. Before she blew I was running the M1 @ 7.5k-10k OCI, and she was fine to do it. So now I'm thinking of using Motul's break-in oil for the first 50mi, but after that I'm a bit lost on which oil to run. I do also have a bunch of cans of vintage Valvoline conventional 20w-50 high performance racing oil.
Let me know your ideas?