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Japanese oil
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 8:05 am
by legacycontinues
Do you think the japanese use special oils for their supercars???
Do they have better oils for their better cars?
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 8:15 am
by DLC
I can attest to the fact that 1) Oil in Japan is very, very expensive and 2) they use very weird weights.
I saw brands like BP, Elf and some of the more obscure names on the shelf at an Autobacs (i think) in Tokyo in 0w-40, 0w-50 and pretty much any unimaginable combination you can think of. It may be better, but i think it's probably a lot of "presents for your car", as Mike Shields is known for saying.
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 8:23 am
by legacycontinues
zero weight oil made from Elfs. Is that what Santa's sleigh uses? Too funny!
I ask because I am going to import a legacy TT and wonder if I should go completly JDM with it.
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 8:28 am
by DLC
Oil is best when matched to the environment. If you're in the cold, hot or racing, pick an oil for the job.
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 11:22 pm
by evolutionmovement
It's kind of OT, but Nissan developed some vegetable-based racing oil they used at LeMans. Don't know what ever happened with it.
Steve
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:13 am
by LaureltheQueen
they cooked fries afterwards
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:45 am
by legacycontinues
friend of mine's dads truck runs off of vegie oil...it;s a big F-250.
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 2:54 am
by evolutionmovement
This was a lubricating oil, though. They have kits to run diesel on old frier oil.
Steve
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 4:36 am
by BAC5.2
legacycontinues wrote:I ask because I am going to import a legacy TT and wonder if I should go completly JDM with it.
Get the car first. Worry about the oil second.
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:27 am
by legacycontinues
I thought he was joking when he said it ran on old fryer grease...holy crap!!
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 7:45 am
by evolutionmovement
Yeah, it's actually not too different from diesel. But it needs to be strained thoroughly, of course. Bits of left over fried chicken tends to clog injectors as well as arteries.
Steve
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 8:09 am
by legacycontinues
do people following too closely get the urge for fries or Krispy Kremes???
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 11:32 pm
by evolutionmovement
I've heard it does smell like fried food, but I've never actually smelled one.
Steve
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 1:05 am
by vrg3
Yeah, the exhaust does smell like the food that was fried in the oil. There are a bunch of cars up here in Ithaca running on waste veggie oil.
You basically have to let it sit so everything settles out, filter it, and then heat it up with engine coolant before feeding it to the engine, so it gets closer to matching diesel fuel's kinematic viscosity. Cars with these setups typically run on dino fuel until they're warmed up, and for the last few minutes before they're shut off (so you don't leave veggie oil in the lines).
Burns cleaner and is renewable. It's nice.
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 2:08 am
by 206er
I think greasel setups typically run a tank heater to thin the veggie oil. Ive been toying with the idea of getting a 1.6TD volkswagen like a mk1 jetta to do a greasel on. with the injector pump turned up, a bunch of boost, and some other stuff, 40 mpg and 200 ft-lb in a 2000lb car would rock. too bad 1.6TD cars are rarer then hens teeth...
for more info on greasels
http://www.greasel.com/