RE: Alfa oil

["Les Singh" <Les.Singh@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ray

I use Valvoline exclusively. Earlier this year our Formula race car open
wheeler) cracked the block and lost all the coolant. Because the block was
history - the driver knew the problem because we had earlier after the first
race tried to patch up the crack - the driver decided to just "run the engine
to death" rather than lose places and finish out of the money. Result - red
hot engine, cooked pistons with beads of metal on them, but ... crank,
perfect, bearings perfect, just the tops of the rods near the pins overheated.
The oil we were using was Valvoline SynPower 20/50 Racing Oil. In the GTV I
use Valvoline 20/50 XLD and in the Alfa 75 Twinspark, Valvoline 15/40. The
SynPower is expensive but great and I prefer it to say Mobil 1 which seems to
thicken up under stressful conditions. Shell Helix is ok but not the
semi-synthetic stuff which slowed a 2.5 V6 of mine so much that it would not
idle until it was re-adjusted. I dumped the oil, put in Valvoline and the idle
immediately had to be slowed down by resetting to the original position. Makes
you think ... doesn't it?

Ciao tutti.

Les Singh
"The Green GTV"

-----Original Message-----
From: alfa-digest [mailto:owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided]
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 2:36 PM
Joe

I've always liked Valvoline 20-50 Racing oil.  Don't know what it'll do for
your consumption, but I have seen it give higher oil pressure readings when
hot on several cars.

Just rebuilt the GTV6 race motor, and the bearings were "good enough to
reuse,
if you believe in that" according to the mechanic.

Readily available at Pep Boys and many other places, at less than $3/qt.

Ray Boniface

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Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 22:28:57 -0400
From: Simon Body <body@domain.elided>
Subject: 91 Spider rear sway bar bushings

Greetings

I have the rear end of my Spider disassembled, replacing the shocks,
trailing arm and trunnion bushings. I bought rear sway bar end link
bushings as well but I'm wondering whether I should replace them. The
originals look like they are in reasonable, but not perfect, condition and
I've been unable to get the old ones off, but I haven't tried hard yet.

I'd appreciate the wisdom of the sages and prescients amongst us.

Simon

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