Motion Pictures Gone To Valvoline

Great story but all Valvoline ever did for me was low to no oil pressure at idle. Never could explain it so I just stopped using it. Happened to a few other I know too. To me that was the best sprint car era ever...

 

Cool vid! I have been using Valvoline VR1 20/50 in my hot rods for as long as I can remember. I guess I need to find a dirt track for my cars! Safe Travels.

 

Well this thread in mind I bought some valvoline racing oil with lots of zinc for the 46 after we got the cam broke in.

I havnt anything to add so far other than we agreed that it smells like the brine in an olive jar and that @porknbeaner isn't real into it being poured directly into his face lol.

 

Tell them to make sure their distributors keep conventional VR1 in stock. Getting a little hard to find around here and that's pretty much all I use.

 

Looks like the parts houses are phasing it out, I think for synthetic . I bought every one they had left at a Autozone for $2 a quart. on closeout special.

 

Had plenty of it on the shelf at Napa, though it was on a pretty good sale

 

Yeah, heard about that closeout sale. I went to several Auto Zones near me, all they had left was straight 50W. $2 a quart, I'd bought all they had too. Paid $6.69 a quart at Advance yesterday, only place here that still carries it I know of.

 

Gawd that stuff stinks and I am still trying to get it off my glasses. its sticky

Brings to mind, the other day there was a thread on oil for a flathead and someone brought the point up that the oil available when flatheads were new (in the '30s new) didn't have much if any Zinc in it. I think that it was not the issue then because of lighter spring pressures. if you look back at the days of yore, Harley had roller cams and when the cam builders started building cams that would require a stronger spring they began to experiment with roller cams, the flat tappet cams of the day didn't require it because of low spring pressure. some engines if you have played with them at all could have the springs removed by pressing down with a screw driver. Partially because of fatigue and partially because they were not that stout to start with. We used to use flathead valve springs for trunk poppers when I was a kid.

Fast forward to today when lifts even on flat tappet cams are in the .55-.65 range and spring pressures each well over 150 PSI zinc is needed to cushion the blow or rollers are required.

OK so much for the world according to the beaner (or pork if you are the Boss).Back to your regularly scheduled programming.