Deep dive into oil

[Gunslinger55]

Ok i thought i knew something ing about oil. But have more to learn.

Now that i am focusing more on track than street and have a race car i read my manual and said to use a very specific type of oil. “Joe Gibbs Racing”’now driven. Looking into racing oil i see it’s a whole nother set of issues like everything else.

I was reading here about oil temps etc and was interested to find out thinner oil can reduce oil temps in tight tolerance motors. Also all those fancy non street legal additives can make your engine live longer. And you don’t have to change it as often.

In my new track only car it says a 10-30 JGR racing oil so i got drivens (formerly JGR) synthetic 10-30 racing oil. Seems like thicker would be better in az especially but i’m not too worried the oil is supposed to be one of the “best”

Which made me think about the 5-50 on the coyote. (not a coyote in track car). Assume for the valve train it’s a good deal as i use ford 5/50 like shelby recommends although they are not vudoos

The driven is $24 a quart so it better be good. But i was wondering if in modern engines with tight tolerances if a less super thick oil can actually reduce oil temp by flowing through the bearings faster?

Also i heard from the builder of my race engine that mobil 1 sucks. Thought that was interesting as it breaks down super fast . If you change it a lot then it’s ok

Anyhow lots more to learn here but keeping my engines alive seems like a good idea lots of zinc and additives that the epa doesn’t like but your engine will. I’ll do a search as well as this all
might of been covered previously

Oil advice appreciated

 

[flyhalf]

This post comes in a perfect timing.
I might become driven oil distributor.
with one purpose. Get us better pricing to access the best oil
in the market.
(Via our company Speeditaliaracing.com)
Driven oil has been developed together with Jake speed Jr ( the oil geek guy)
What i love is the oil quality but especially they declare the addictive package.
im going between 0w40 (during winter time and for time attack) and 5w50 for hotter months and longer races.
I will also use their "carb "upper cylinders cleaner (especially cause im e85)

Avoid 5w30. It is too thin for what we do.
It is a purpose in case is 90% daily and some hpde.

Feel free to contact me in DM.
Literally finalizing this in these days.

Alessandro

 

[Gunslinger55]

Wow that’s interesting. Awesome! any break on pricing will be appreciated but i’ll likely use some type of it in all my cars now that i learned about it. XP3 is what i got but may change viscosity it but if it’s good for a circle track nascar engine it’s probably good enough for me

keep us informed!

 

[flyhalf]

Absolutely.
this is the summary of 2 months of research. I pulished it with AI to avoid italian English mistakes
In particular I wanted to know why driven is better than other things and then compared to AMSOIL


HP-X 5W-50 is purpose-built for hard track use, while Amsoil Signature Series is optimized for long street drain intervals — a strength that's wasted on a car you change oil in every event or two. HP-X's PAO-based package is tuned for repeated heat-cycling and sustained high-temp film strength rather than mileage longevity, making it the more direct fit for sustained 280°F sessions.
I love also they declare the addictives amount.
Regarding Zinc Content :
HP-X's zinc/phosphorus is tuned for modern roller-cam engines — your Coyote's roller-rocker valvetrain doesn't rely on high ZDDP the way old flat-tappet cams do, so it's already at the right level, not a low one.

This is the oil I will sell
In 2 weight. 5w50 but also
0w40 (for max power time attack coyote NA)

AND I think i might be able to
Sell it for 16$ a piece.

Stay tuned!

 

[Gunslinger55]

Something about the Pennsylvania oil that makes it better as well