Just gotta hurry up and wait like me!Someone gets it lol.
Curious what that oil analysis says.
I think you are lurking in the wrong section. Most of the cars in here have requirements outside of CAFE satisfying needs.Yeah, I'm done. You win!!
You seem to be the only one mentioning a "cushion" with thicker oil. Seems like maybe you haven't comprehended anything that has been said.Like I said, you win! Thicker oil provides more cushion as a thicker fluid will be less compressible than a thinner fluid. Because, you know, some fluids are compressible, like a thinner oil.
Never mind a wear ranking from the additive packages in the oil, that is meaningless.
Thankfully our flat non- roller tappets and pushrods in these 5.bro engines will really need the thicker oil.
You seem to be the only one mentioning a "cushion" with thicker oil. Seems like maybe you haven't comprehended anything that has been said.
Viscosity. That's what we are talking about. At racing temps a 20 weight is no longer a 20 weight, which is the minimum the design requires right?
Guys who race run a viscosity that will act like the proper viscosity at racing temps. Is that hard to understand?
Ok, last serious post before I continue with the trolling.Ok at this point I'm pretty sure that this cat is just trolling us...tried reasoning with him but his responses are always snarky and something a 5 year old would do when he has no other comments or rebuttals to make but also doesn't want to concede in the argument.
I never once said viscosity is the ONLY factor...you are assuming things. This discussion right now pertains to viscosity only, not what brand or other factors are involved in engine protection.I don't understand why you think that viscosity his the only factor that deals with wear protection.
All those are true, well at least 1-5 as the last one can be debated since Ford actually recommended other viscosity of oil for the Coyote engine.
- Thinner oils flow better
- Oil, like any fluid, cannot be compressed - your logic states that you are using a thicker oil to ward off compression related oil film failure.
- Thinner oils cool better, because,
- Thinner oils flow more and can carry heat away quicker.
- Thinner oils release air bubbles faster than thicker oils as a result of windage
- It is recommended by the Ford
ah, show me some proof please that "guys who race" use a heavier, thicker oil. Are you saying that the thinner oils are for "girls who race"? Do you race? or are you a HPDE track rat like the rest of us?
Do you believe that viscosity is the only factor that defines an engine oil's protective properties?
Speak, son.