<VV> Fully broken in and ready for synthetic oil

[J R Read]

Only one from this guy.

Please report back on your results somewhere around 5,000 miles.

Thanks.

Oh, maybe this is a second one.  You did not tell us what your change 
intervals were.
One hour, 100 miles, 300 miles, something else?

Later, JR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Upham" <contactsmu at sbcglobal.net>
To: "VirtualVairs AA" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 10:23 PM
Subject: <VV> Fully broken in and ready for synthetic oil


> I'm getting ready to change the oil for the second time since the
> rebuild.  During the break-in period, I've been using Brad Penn oil -
> the green oil.  I'm now going to switch to a fully synthetic oil,
> Castrol Syntec 10w-30 (a full synthetic) and use a Mobil-1 filter.  I
> believe that this will alleviate any concerns over having sufficient
> ZDDP for our flat tappets.  I just wanted to run it by the crew for a
> final check before changing the oil.  I plan on dropping the oil pan
> and checking for any "problems", replace the pan gasket and the seals
> on the 45 degree adaptor that has been leaking since the engine was
> installed.  I also plan on installing six "super magnets" sandwiched
> on the fins of my Clarks deep fill pan using the natural magnetic pull
> to keep them in place.  I placed them on the back of my oil filter for
> the last 5000 miles in order to trap magnetic debris in the bottom of
> the filter.  I've been running 260-75 on the temperature gauge located
> on the block just above the lip of the oil pan (a water temp gauge -
> actually) and 180-195 on the gauge (actual oil gauge) attached to the
> sender in the Clarks deep pan slot; this is with the lower shrouds on
> in ambient temps from 30-105.  Feel free as always to chime in.
>
> Stephen Upham
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