Japanese oil

legacycontinues · Post by **legacycontinues** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 8:05 am

Do you think the japanese use special oils for their supercars???

Do they have better oils for their better cars?

Post by **DLC** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 8:15 am

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.

legacycontinues · Post by **legacycontinues** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 8:23 am

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.

Post by **DLC** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 8:28 am

Oil is best when matched to the environment. If you're in the cold, hot or racing, pick an oil for the job.

evolutionmovement · Post by **evolutionmovement** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 11:22 pm

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

LaureltheQueen · Post by **LaureltheQueen** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:13 am

they cooked fries afterwards

legacycontinues · Post by **legacycontinues** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:45 am

friend of mine's dads truck runs off of vegie oil...it;s a big F-250.

evolutionmovement · Post by **evolutionmovement** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 2:54 am

This was a lubricating oil, though. They have kits to run diesel on old frier oil.

Steve

BAC5.2 · Post by **BAC5.2** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 4:36 am

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.

legacycontinues · Post by **legacycontinues** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:27 am

I thought he was joking when he said it ran on old fryer grease...holy crap!!

evolutionmovement · Post by **evolutionmovement** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 7:45 am

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

legacycontinues · Post by **legacycontinues** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 8:09 am

do people following too closely get the urge for fries or Krispy Kremes???

evolutionmovement · Post by **evolutionmovement** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 11:32 pm

I've heard it does smell like fried food, but I've never actually smelled one.

Steve

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 1:05 am

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.

206er · Post by **206er** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 2:08 am

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/

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