help cut costs

[melan45]

i don't want this thread to turn into a battle of which oil is better. this topic was started strictly for trying to cut some costs on maintenance. i know some of the obvious answers, so please leave those out. for example; switch brands. not going to happen.

i am getting royal purple for my tow horse and racecar for $8.25 qt buying a case for a $100.

is anyone buying amsoil, rp, or redline any cheaper?

[turbot]

Dec 18, 2009 11:02:04 GMT -6 melan45 said:

i don't want this thread to turn into a battle of which oil is better. this topic was started strictly for trying to cut some costs on maintenance. i know some of the obvious answers, so please leave those out. for example; switch brands. not going to happen.

i am getting royal purple for my tow horse and racecar for $8.25 qt buying a case for a $100.

is anyone buying amsoil, rp, or redline any cheaper?

Amsoil, Royal Purple and Redline all good stuff there Clint.

Personally, I'd put Swepco right there among the best.

$6.50 a quart.



Name is short for South Western Petroleum Company and they are based right out of Texas but I don't know a close vendor that carries it so the shipping kills me from Paragon Products in Corpus Christi.

Believe it or not, in the gray SP2 car, I run Valvoline VR1 Racing oil.

It has all the same ingredients (zinc, phosphorous, anti foaming, etc.) that makes an oil good for racing and it's only $3.99 a quart and available at NAPA, WalMart and Auto Zone.

T

[ccarver]

I run Mobil 1 and buy it in bulk.
I did look into a drum of something, but I was told too much of it would walk off during its stay with me.
Carver

[turbot]

Dec 18, 2009 14:23:45 GMT -6 ccarver said:

I did look into a drum of something, but I was told too much of it would walk off during its stay with me.
Carver

Definitely.....I can vouch for that.

They do make metal spigots with an eye for a padlock though.

Trouble is....it'll be long term before you go through a drum for personal use and anything but full synthetic can form paraffin solids which you'd have to strain.

Clint - read up on the Valvoline VR1, seriously....I think you'd be impressed with the specs.

T

[turbot]

Carver A.K.A.
MONGO
225-931-2290 (up to but not after 5pm)

;D

T

[lane]

Royal Purple is what we run in the 92 car ever since we started racing it back in 03. No issues at all as of now and we have been to a lot of high speed tracks with this motor.
T. I used to sell SWEPCO online I can tell you it is a very good oil but Paul really likes Royal Purple. As a matter of a fact I use SWEPCO gear oil in the tranny still. I used to have a contact for SWEPCO in the Lafayette area, I'll have to pull it for you. He would deliver it to the house or wherever. You used to be able to purchase it straight from the factory but you had to buy it by the case.

[harrisracing]

Absolutely no problems with mobil 1. Been using it in all Cars since it came out. not sure about the costs but if So many different factory high performance factory cars call for it, something is good about it. I run thicker 20 50 racing in older cars as it breaks down slower with higher heat and higher tolerances. I don't mean old like solid tappet cams, which you do need zinc for, but for 80-98 turbo dohc high revvers.

[Bob]

Clint,

How often do you change your oil in the race car?

[turbot]

Dec 19, 2009 11:00:21 GMT -6 lane said:

Royal Purple is what we run in the 92 car ever since we started racing it back in 03. No issues at all as of now and we have been to a lot of high speed tracks with this motor.
T. I used to sell SWEPCO online I can tell you it is a very good oil but Paul really likes Royal Purple. As a matter of a fact I use SWEPCO gear oil in the tranny still. I used to have a contact for SWEPCO in the Lafayette area, I'll have to pull it for you. He would deliver it to the house or wherever. You used to be able to purchase it straight from the factory but you had to buy it by the case.

Eon uses Swepco 306 20/50w and hasn't used a drop of oil between changes, all track use, CGB and TWS.

Swepco in the trans too.

T

[turbot]

There has been a fair amount of controversy over changes to the quality of Mobil 1 over the last couple of years.

T

[melan45]

Dec 19, 2009 19:02:48 GMT -6 Bob said:

Clint,

How often do you change your oil in the race car?

after two races.

[Fast Guys]

How much does an engine cost?

[melan45]

Dec 22, 2009 7:31:10 GMT -6 Fast Guys said:

How much does an engine cost?

1-2k

[Bob]

I've always been interested in this conversation. Pre synthetic oil I was told to change the oil every race. With synthetic oil I still hear every race or in Clint's case 2 races.

So if synthetic oil does not prolong oil life why do we use it? Do we change our oil based on the fear of statements like "How much does an engine cost"? Anybody had an oil related failure?

I run a stock motor other than exhaust and tune. The changes in tune are only related to removal of theft and a few other things encountered in a grocery store parking lot and not on a race track. Does this motor need new synthetic oil every race or so?

I got on track 18 days during the last CGB calendar Sept - Aug. I changed my oil twice. During these 18 days I ran Approx 870 miles or 48 miles per day or about 24 laps a day.

I have no mechanical experience or opinion on this subject. I just find it one of those interesting topics. I'm sure the history of changing oil in race cars is part wives tale and part engineering data. It's just hard to know the difference.

[ccarver]

I think Bob is correct.
I will start the movement,
We will harvest the oil from the skin of Politicians and other government type individuals.
They serve no other purpose and they seem to be plentiful.
We can call it Green racing by using an renewable natural resource to lubricate our machines.