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fryedaddy

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best summertime oil
« 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.
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Re: best summertime oil
« Reply #1 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.
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Re: best summertime oil
« Reply #2 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. 
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Re: best summertime oil
« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2020, 01:18:34 PM »
do they make vr1 in 40w
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Re: best summertime oil
« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2020, 01:37:21 PM »
I like Mobil 1 15W50.

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Re: best summertime oil
« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2020, 01:45:10 PM »
I've done VR1 20w50 in both hot rods and the wagon for decades.
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Re: best summertime oil
« Reply #6 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
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