Apropos of this discussion I came across the following comment last night
on the Zenith Homebuilt mailing list archive. I'm not sure of the
etiquette here so I haven't included the guy's email address but the
archives can be found at
http://www.matronics.com/search/
>A few years back when I owned a racing engine R&D business with a in house
>dyno I was approached by a big name oil additive company which I won't say
>who they are, anyway they wanted to use my good name to tape an infomercial
>showing a small block Chevy that was highly modified running without oil.
>After some prodding it was revealed that this motor was built using roller
>bearings throughout. Main and rod and cam bearings were caged needles with
>all of the journals chrome plated to harden them. The piston skirts were
>teflon coated with teflon buttons pressed into them. This rigged engine cost
>them 34,000$ to build and they wanted me to state that I built this motor and
>it was using regular bearing in it.The strange thing is that they went to
>some guys up in the New England area and conned them into filming it there.
>If you can run a motor without oil then why not just treat all motors with
>this miracle stuff and put all of the oil companies out of business. The
>truly amazing thing is that people watch these shows and believe them.
>Remember if it is to good to be true it is BS. Anybody want to buy a bridge?
Like Marin, I am deeply dubious about anything that is not approved by
engine manufacturers but I must say that Radiator Stop-Leak has worked once
or twice for me quite nicely.
Rick Grant
1959 Series II "88"
VORIZO
Rick Grant Communications
Media and Crisis Management
Calgary Ottawa
www.rickgrant.com
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