Originally Posted By: Bill in Utah
Like I've said here before. Until someone I trust (not a oil marketing department) takes oil from Wal-Mart/Autozone/Checkers and dumps it in a Indy car and then run it for the normal race will I beleive that the bottle of Mobil one they put in is the same.
Why do I have this demand? I was at the Drag races and watched John Forces team dump in gallon jug after jug of Castrol GTX into his engine. And the oil looked like a milk shake going in.
But the bottle had GTX on it... There is no weight of GTX that is going to work in a nitro motor.
Oh, and Tony's Funny car had Syntec going in it.
Pure marketing IMO.
It works...
Bill
Remember that an Indy car engine is a spec motor supplied by Honda and is not tuned to the 9th degree, or stressed past the normal limits of the parts. (Every one that blows up likely will be on Honda's dime, not the team that leased it) I don't see why off the shelf Mobil One wouldn't work. Top Fuel/Funny car engine would be a diffeent animal altogether. Those engines are a barely controlled bomb when everything goes right, and a literal bomb when it doesn't go right. As I have stated in the past, I have experience with Sprint Cup style engines in the ARCA RE/Max Series and those engine will run fine on off the shelf oil, but if you have a 20 million dollar budget, a championship on the line, and an oil sponsor that can give you the best secret formula snake oil they can blend, you would be crazy not to use it.
Like I've said here before. Until someone I trust (not a oil marketing department) takes oil from Wal-Mart/Autozone/Checkers and dumps it in a Indy car and then run it for the normal race will I beleive that the bottle of Mobil one they put in is the same.
Why do I have this demand? I was at the Drag races and watched John Forces team dump in gallon jug after jug of Castrol GTX into his engine. And the oil looked like a milk shake going in.
But the bottle had GTX on it... There is no weight of GTX that is going to work in a nitro motor.
Oh, and Tony's Funny car had Syntec going in it.
Pure marketing IMO.
Bill
Remember that an Indy car engine is a spec motor supplied by Honda and is not tuned to the 9th degree, or stressed past the normal limits of the parts. (Every one that blows up likely will be on Honda's dime, not the team that leased it) I don't see why off the shelf Mobil One wouldn't work. Top Fuel/Funny car engine would be a diffeent animal altogether. Those engines are a barely controlled bomb when everything goes right, and a literal bomb when it doesn't go right. As I have stated in the past, I have experience with Sprint Cup style engines in the ARCA RE/Max Series and those engine will run fine on off the shelf oil, but if you have a 20 million dollar budget, a championship on the line, and an oil sponsor that can give you the best secret formula snake oil they can blend, you would be crazy not to use it.
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