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DryLakesRacer
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I agree with meteor. There is really no reason to use racing oil of any kind and actually not recommended by manufacturers. There are quite of few brands listing “Hot Rod” or Classic car oils for engines and blended for them. Fords recommended SAE 20 or 20w oil for our engines right on the inside of the glove box on a sticker. Single weight oils are not easily available so a 10-30 would be my call in any case. Lucas, Castro, Quakerstate, etc all have blends for our older engines and list proper Zinc amounts. Personally the key is to use our vehicles long enough to get them properly heated and oil to the temperature it’s designed to have proper flow characteristics especially to the cylinder head rocker arms.
56 Vic, B'Ville 200 MPH Club Member, So Cal.
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slumlord444 (8/12/2023)
Valvolene Vr1 racing oil in the weight of your choice. Amazon or any parts store should be able to order it if they don’t stock it. racing oil is a no. what is wrong with 10/30. my 292 y has had 10/30 since rebuild5years ago.. ther are several tests on engine oils that show little to no difference. and as well racing oil is designed for a short life under heavy loads.IF YOU LIVE IN CANADA SEND ME YOUR ADRESS AND A STAMPED ENVELOPE AND I WILL SEND A COPPEY. CLIFF TATE 2618 Natalie rd Shawnigan Lake bc. vor2w2
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slumlord444
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Valvolene Vr1 racing oil in the weight of your choice. Amazon or any parts store should be able to order it if they don’t stock it.
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Brent
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I get it on Amazon. Search for: Valvoline 10w40
Valvoline™ Daily Protection SAE 10W-40 Conventional Motor Oil 5 QT is $32
I get ZDDPplus there as well
.150 Stroked Y-Block:327.25 ci @ >1hp per ci
 
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PF Arcand
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Carl's point is he cant find it.. I've had the same issue here in western Canada.. 10-40 conventional is not readily available even in large auto related stores.. I guess the reason is obvious, no modern cars use 10-40 . So??
Paul
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paul2748
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I am using Valvoline conventional 10-40 in both of my Yblocks per Ted;s recommendation.
54 Victoria 312; 48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ
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slumlord444
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Can’t go wrong with VR1.
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Tazx100 (7/25/2023)
I was cruising the net tonight an ran across this post, its time for me to change oil in the fairlane and i was running the high milage oil and when I read about the swelling it caused I decided not to run it and started looking for conventional valvoline then I ran across Valvoline vr1 racing 10 w 30 oil it has a high zinc content and says its for classice cars this is what I am switching to. Thanks for the info on the Valvoline vr1 oil, that is what i am going to switch to Carl
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charliemccraney
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If you use it in an engine that is not leaking, high mileage or not, the rubber components will wear as usual but in that swollen state. This can do a couple things. One is that the rubber components may wear faster due to increased pressure against the sealing surfaces and that may make it such that the engine requires a high mileage oil because switching back may now cause it to leak. If you use high mileage oil and it does start to leak, you have no recourse and the problem now must be fixed whereas, if you wait until the engine starts to leak on a "standard" motor oil, using the high mileage oil may seal it up again and buy some more time before major work needs to be done.
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charliemccraney (7/25/2023)
From what I understand, high mileage oils have rubber conditioners that will cause rubber to swell. That can be good for an old engine that might leak a little in hard to service areas, but not something you want to use on a new engine (and not something you want to use arbitrarily on an engine that is not leaking - if it has high mileage, but no leaks, don't use it). You may have to order the oil. I noticed a similar lack of conventional oil recently, myself. Just curious, but why would causing rubber gaskets in a high-millage motor to swell, thus creat a problem? If rubber hardens & shrinks with age (?), wouldn’t encouraging them to swell actually prevent leaks?
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