Re: ET difference w/ less oil
 

I thought Grumpy Jenkins always said a hot engine builds more HP?

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In an "ideal" situation you would want the shortblock and the combustion chambers hot and icicles hanging on the intake!

Re: ET difference w/ less oil
 

I think when Grumpy was quoted oil was typically on the 20-50w range for race engines.
Now 0w is not uncommon.

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They were cooling his Pro Stock stuff down a couple of years ago just like everybody else. When that book came out everybody I know that tried it slowed down. He said he had a switch on his shifter that turned the water pump on in 2nd gear. We all went back to cooling them down. The all aluminium engines don't seem to care, and many actually like to run above 180 F. The LS1 is a great bracket engine because it makes the same power between 180 and about 210. I cool mine with a seperate battery to run the water pump and fans. Like Jeff mentioned, we often take it to the staging lanes to cool down for heads-up races.

Re: ET difference w/ less oil
 

How many of you guys have drained the water in the pits between rounds and added COOL fresh water to cool the engine better

On all of our stuff filled with Hardblok the water cools down alot quicker. The oil temp will run a little hotter but we have no problems from Hardblok

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I can tell you first hand that 10 qts over 5 will slow you down 3 tenths and almost 4 mph, Did it ,by accident, @ Indy a couple years back.

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Kidz...............

Re: ET difference w/ less oil
 

KIDZ, what do they know anyway!!! Still WET 6qts, back down da timing, and turn up da HEAT, works for me!!!