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LEGENDS => Lubrication => Topic started by: Zero Hero on May 19, 2012, 01:29:58 am
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The guy I bought my car from only used and swore by Brad Penn full synthetic 20/50 motorcycle oil. I think Brad Penn used to be the old Kendall oil company....anyone ever use this stuff, any opinions?
My local race shop sells and recommends redline, but at $14.00/qt that is going to get expensive quick.
From reading on here it sounds like most folks use Amsoil.
Also the car has been sitting for about 6 months unused, is it better to just drain whats in there or should I fire the engine up first and let the oil get hot and then drain it?
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Synthetic oils do tend to be a little expensive.
Don't see why it would not be ok to fire up your engine. It's not so much a question of how long the oil has been sitting in the engine. It's a question of oil break down due to heat, junk in the oil, etc... You may want to spray a little fogging oil into the cylinders and turn it over a few before actually firing it up just to make sure there is some lubrication .
Jim was doing a study on the Amsoil as to how long he could use it between oil changes without serious breakdown, but ran into (literally) some set backs in his research. Sorry Jim!!! :o
The synthetics do seem to help with heat build up and tend to require less oil changes (as far as my understaning).
I did use Kendall oil in the old stock car. Don't recall any oil related issues. The few problems were likely due to engine builder (me) errors.
Here is a link to way more than you likely want to know about oil:
http://motorcycleinfo.calsci.com/Oils1.html
Steve
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Also, most of us have found that either a 10W-30 or 10W40 synthetic motorcycle wet-clutch oil is more than sufficient weight wise. These motorcycle engines were really never made to use a 20W-50 weight oil as far as bearing clearances and so forth. You can purchase either the Amsoil or Mobil 1 T (10W-30 or 10W-40) synthetic oils from most local Fleet Farm stores. Amsoil is little more than $10 a quart and Mobil 1 T is approx. $9.15 per quart, either being a little easier on the wallet to achieve the same goal. You can of course purchase Amsoil from you local dealer for a little cheaper or Jim at VMS Motorsports as he is an Amsoil dealer also. ;)
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that's what I use but don't pay that much for it. I want to say it is around 6 bucks a quart.