Originally Posted By: BISCUT
Originally Posted By: Apollo14
Originally Posted By: 4wheeldog
Originally Posted By: BISCUT
"Synthetic oil lowered octane rating..."
Actually, that may have been true back then, considering the NOACK scores of dino oils available, the better cooling of some internal parts with synthetic, and the lower oil consumption when synthetics were used. Oil in the combustion chamber does add to pre-ignition problems.
The article explains the reasons why this was possible and the conclusion was arrived at by the ex head of Ford lubrication but only in respect to his own Lincoln.
Thanks for sharing. I was born in 72 and have no idea what the building blocks of the modern M1 consisted of. I tend to stay with M1 products as they have served me well and readily avail. Nice to see the history.
As a bonus, I'm in the middle of MadMen on Netflix!! Love the ads!
Here is more history of M1.
http://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/MotorOil/Synthetics/Mobil_1_History.aspx