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Title: best summertime oil
Post by: fryedaddy on May 31, 2020, 05:12:19 PM

what would be a good choice street-strip oil [brand and weight] for a healthy hyd flat tappet 428 in the summer heat of east tn.

Title: Re: best summertime oil
Post by: cattleFEeder on June 01, 2020, 09:53:04 AM

Here is my .02 cents Valvoline Vr1 10w30 or 20w50. If you have good oil pressure run the lighter weight oil.

Title: Re: best summertime oil
Post by: Falcon67 on June 01, 2020, 10:00:29 AM

I run 10w-30 VR-1 racing oil in both the dragster 393 and the door car 357.  No issues. 

Title: Re: best summertime oil
Post by: fryedaddy on June 01, 2020, 01:18:34 PM

do they make vr1 in 40w

Title: Re: best summertime oil
Post by: plovett on June 01, 2020, 01:37:21 PM

I like Mobil 1 15W50.

paulie

Title: Re: best summertime oil
Post by: BattlestarGalactic on June 01, 2020, 01:45:10 PM

I've done VR1 20w50 in both hot rods and the wagon for decades.

Title: Re: best summertime oil
Post by: fryedaddy on June 01, 2020, 02:03:51 PM

it has 10w 30 Valvoline synthetic in it now and its using a little,very little,but i had the thicker stuff in it last summer and it didn,t use.the 20w50 sounds good to me. thanks