Hi. new here. How come there seems so little talk here about Valvoline oils? I see Shell, QS, Mobil 1, and a few others but little mention of Valvoline oils; which is what I usually run;(NOT the synthetics either) something "wrong" there? I typically run 10W40 in everything year round; (30W in mowers, etc) 2 of my vehicles are old carbureted Mopar 318s; (soon to be 3) and 2, 4.0 Jeeps.
One thing that does bother me a bit; is that both my 318s are flat tappet; and on my '83 3/4 ton truck I put a new cam and lifters in 13K ago; ("more power"; not because of a breakdown; I put an "RV" cam in to better help that little V8 move the big truck with headers and a 4 bbl in place of the 2 bbl) it does not use any between 3K oil change intervals and is still relatively clean. I hear so much about flat tappet cams going bad these days.
my other is a 78 Fury,2 door hardtop, 47K original miles, I'm the 2nd owner, bought with 38K on it.(3 years ago)
I have another old plymouth and am building a 318 for it as well; but I am using a '97 Magnum engine, on account of the roller lifter cam. I am undecided on carb/EFI but am leaning heavily towards carb'd.
One thing that does bother me a bit; is that both my 318s are flat tappet; and on my '83 3/4 ton truck I put a new cam and lifters in 13K ago; ("more power"; not because of a breakdown; I put an "RV" cam in to better help that little V8 move the big truck with headers and a 4 bbl in place of the 2 bbl) it does not use any between 3K oil change intervals and is still relatively clean. I hear so much about flat tappet cams going bad these days.
my other is a 78 Fury,2 door hardtop, 47K original miles, I'm the 2nd owner, bought with 38K on it.(3 years ago)
I have another old plymouth and am building a 318 for it as well; but I am using a '97 Magnum engine, on account of the roller lifter cam. I am undecided on carb/EFI but am leaning heavily towards carb'd.