Best oil for alky? Wear? Hp?
I read in another post guys didn't like certain oils, one of which i run. So what oil works best with alky, making 880 hp, 528 cubes, 15/1 compression?
It would be more profitable to call several oil manufacturers and see what they say.
I'll repeat it until I die...I never use a TRUE, group IV or V base oil with alcohol. Just because the Supreme Court decided that group III oils are synthetic does not make them synthetic, and it damn sure won't be the last stupid decision to come out of that hokey crap hole.
That said, in basic terms alcohol is a solvent to synthetic base stocks. I don't care who you are, unless you are buying something specially made for alcohol with a synthetic base you won't have decent ring seal.
Many will come along and tell us how they are doing it with a true synthetic, but looking deeper into it you will find group III base stocks.
I have used 50/50 blends with alcohol and they worked, but they were specifically designed to work with alcohol. I've also worked with numerous blown alcohol guys who used the same oil and it worked. It wasn't cheap, it isn't cheap but extended drain intervals, no alcohol in the oil with a correct tune up and better ring seal were seen by all of them.
I can honestly say I'm glad I'm out of the oil business. People are too cheap and unteachable to make it worth the effort.