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Re: [DML] just stuff




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
> 
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