Oil Recommendation/Solid lifter 427

SSRSBOB · #1 08-15-2009, 01:02 AM

Use Brad Penn. It's the best out there and all of the top flight machine shops use it for engine break in. It's the old Kendall. The highest content of zinc too.

Bob

**Salvatore** · #2 08-15-2009, 02:37 AM

I have been using the Brad Penn for about 2 years now. I like it and it is real slippery. The Valvoline is real good also. The engine guys around here like the Brad Penn even a littler better than the Joe Gibbs oil.

If you have a roller motor don't worry about it!

m22mike · #3 08-15-2009, 02:51 AM

...real slippery...

I bin usein Rotella, and it is kinda slippery...but if Brad Penn ia real slippery I am going to git some of that stuff Sammy...

SSRSBOB · #4 08-15-2009, 07:22 AM

Or you could get Shubeck lifters and use the Castrol at Walmart.

Bob

**MosportGreen66** · #5 08-15-2009, 07:31 AM

Rotella for many years here.

TDW · #6 08-15-2009, 01:22 PM

I suggest that you read this thread and the 2 below it. There has been exstensive testing on most brands of oil.

http://www.chevelles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=283416

TDW · #7 08-18-2009, 04:02 PM

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I suggest that you read this thread and the 2 below it. There has been exstensive testing on most brands of oil.

http://www.chevelles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=283416

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Sigh. If you guys want the real scoop on oils, with lab testing results, READ the link I posted. No guessing, no wives tales, no marketing hype, no "my brother-in-law said", just the facts, mam.

**Salvatore** · #8 08-15-2009, 03:34 PM

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...real slippery...

I bin usein Rotella, and it is kinda slippery...but if Brad Penn ia real slippery I am going to git some of that stuff Sammy...

[/ QUOTE ]I used the Rotella for years. When they removed more of the zinc I switched to Brad Penn. The Rotella is still probably good enough but the motor guys like the BP around here. Know what Mike.....it probably doesn't really matter especially in a solid lifter motor. Its more for $hits and giggles IMO.

**Tommy** · #9 08-15-2009, 06:31 PM

My local speed shop is using and selling the Brad Penn stuff. I was using castrol and royal purple in my old junk. I'm gonna go with the Brad Penn and see what happens.

Tommy

camarojoe · #10 08-15-2009, 06:38 PM

I use Rotella, or Delo400, but to be honest, I sorta think alot of it is internet hype...especially in an engine that's been thoroughly broken in and just needs some fresh oil. Think about it, there must be several MILLION flat tappet small blocks running out there in the world, and only a few hundred owners (maybe a few thousand) have ever even heard of any of this "no zinc" stuff with the newer oils that has spread itself from one automotive internet forum to the next... They continue to use whatever they find on the shelves and drive away without a problem. If it was a brand new motor I'd be more concerned, (but then again proper cam break-in has ALWAYS been an issue with a brand new motor.) If its something with several thousand miles on it or more I think you can use whatever you want without a problem. In fact, I know plenty of folks that do this and I've yet to hear of any of them wiping out a cam or having any issues whatsoever.

I rank it up there with "lead additive" I used to religiously pour in my gas years ago at every fill up because at the time it was claimed the valve seats would be ruined if I didn't. Then I started realizing no one else I knew was doing anything but filling their classic cars up with unleaded and driving away... So I stopped and have never had a problem using unleaded gas. Maybe I just jinxed myself and my valves will melt into the heads and my cam will flatten out 3 lobes the next time I back the car out of the garage, but I doubt it!

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