My opinion is the relatively new overbased calcium in use synergysticaly with boron and zinc can produce the same anti-wear capabiltities as an oil relying mostly on moly in which in my opinion is a better anti-oxident than it is anything else . In terms of the heat it takes to activate the moly as a barrier additive .....well it's almost to late .
I really believe moly is an anti-oxident first and foremost and barrier strenght comes secondary .
An oil with a premium basestock like the Redline should not need moly " which was developed for use in ISLAC GF-3 dino's" in anything other than race conditions .
In the case of Redline and Moly I believe it
could be causing needless copper corrosion and have posted some vey good info on this in the past from the Ethyl Corp that stated formulated oils with certain basestocks using MoTDC and copper corrosion should be carefully watched /considered or something to the effect .
Now they were NOT speaking of Redline oils in particular .
PE Ester is near battle tough . Might be just overkill for most engines on the street and other makers using esters of a different type and types of them show better analysis from what I've seen .
PS , look at the molyless Amsoil line up . I think they know how to build and oil w/o moly which is actually some sort of a solid .....and might even build up where the rod bearing ledge "for lack of better" lay's on the rod and main cap
I'm not an expert , just putting two and two together
but if I'm wrong I'm sure an attempt will be made to correct