by toms » Wed Jan 25, 2012 12:26 pm
[quote="Glyn"]
Tom, what would the factory recommend for mainly track use, nobody seems to mention mobil 1 anymore which i always thought was about as good as it gets?
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Ariel have always used Magnatec 10w/40 in everything Honda, including Endurance Race Cars, and never had a whiff of a problem. It never stays in there long enough to get that dirty/break down anyway. The main enemy of these engines is running them low on oil on track, not the 'quality' of the oil. And you'd be surprised at how many cars come back here with the oil well below the maximum........or minimum in some cases.
IMO fully synthetic is a waste of money in a production engine designed to do 200,000 miles on semi-syn with no rebuilds which is having oil changes frequently. The V8, on the other hand, is a different story. Mobil 1 all the way.....
For the record I would also use fully synthetic in a 'tuned' engine like the Mugen, Mugen recommend Motul now, although they have changed their minds. Last week Shell Helix Ultra was the only one you could use in their engines
[quote="Glyn"]
Tom, what would the factory recommend for mainly track use, nobody seems to mention mobil 1 anymore which i always thought was about as good as it gets?
[/quote]
Ariel have always used Magnatec 10w/40 in everything Honda, including Endurance Race Cars, and never had a whiff of a problem. It never stays in there long enough to get that dirty/break down anyway. The main enemy of these engines is running them low on oil on track, not the 'quality' of the oil. And you'd be surprised at how many cars come back here with the oil well below the maximum........or minimum in some cases.
IMO fully synthetic is a waste of money in a production engine designed to do 200,000 miles on semi-syn with no rebuilds which is having oil changes frequently. The V8, on the other hand, is a different story. Mobil 1 all the way.....
For the record I would also use fully synthetic in a 'tuned' engine like the Mugen, Mugen recommend Motul now, although they have changed their minds. Last week Shell Helix Ultra was the only one you could use in their engines ;D ::)