No I don't use 5W30 in a Delorean. 2 points: I don't own a DMC yet. And if the car takes 20W50, that's what I'd put in it, but I'd make sure it was Amsoil synthetic, none the less. I use 5W30 in my Ford, and Lincoln V-8's, and in my Porsche 4 cyl. --- Jake Kamphoefner <jakekamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > S (or do you have a real name?), > > If you are using a 5W-30 in a DeLorean, you're nuts! > The original factory publications were asking for > 20W-50! For what it's worth, none of these special > products are necessary in a DeLorean. If you > service the car regularly, normal maintenance works > just fine. > > Also, the Bricklin (while I agree is not by any > means a spectacular machine) is *not* a kit car. > -And Bricklin couldn't have copied DeLorean > considering it was built 7 years earlier, and 3 > years before the 1977 DeLorean prototype. The AMC > engines (if I remember correctly) were only in the > 1974 Bricklins, while the majority of the cars used > rather reliable Ford 351 Cleveland engines. I'll > let a better Bricklin expert chime in if I got that > wrong..... > > Jake in 1063 > > nitrousgarageworks <nitrousgarageworks@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > <snip> > > I opted for > the 5W30 grade, as I found an article in a hotrod > magazine, about > that grade yielding the best increase in horse > power. Not alot, but > HP is HP baby! > I did a little research on the Brickin car too; What > a piece of > crap! A kit car, with a look that tries to copy the > DMC cheaply. Plus > it's AMC powered, and that says enough bad right > there. Not even a > contender for further investigation on my part to be > sure. > I also found another nifty product that works: > RedLine Racing > Products makes a product called Water-Wetter, which > reduces the drag > coefficient on radiator coolant, and allows it to > flow faster, pick > up and disperse heat faster. It's about 10 a bottle, > and the > immediate effect I can witness to is: It drops the > car's radiator > temp. by about 20 degrees. And we all know that heat > is a car's worst > enemy, and cause of most wear. > Well time for me to shut up, and sit back. That's > all I have to > add, hope you fins some of it helpful. > S > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating > team, please address: > moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx > > For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for > sale see www.dmcnews.com > > To search the archives or view files, log in at > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/