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Been racing for about 40 years and have always been a Brad Penn and years ago Wolf Head oil user. During those years I ran either race gas or BP 93 pump gas. Several years ago I made the switch to alcohol and still ran Brad Penn because most of my engines had solid lifter cams in them. Well I have stepped up to roller cams in most of my engines so I no longer need the Zinc that I used to need for cam protection. Now with alcohol I'm in search of possible an oil that would play with alcohol a little better. Some guys say Lucas but I would like to see what you guys are having luck with. Thanks for any info with good results.
 
Been racing for about 40 years and have always been a Brad Penn and years ago Wolf Head oil user. During those years I ran either race gas or BP 93 pump gas. Several years ago I made the switch to alcohol and still ran Brad Penn because most of my engines had solid lifter cams in them. Well I have stepped up to roller cams in most of my engines so I no longer need the Zinc that I used to need for cam protection. Now with alcohol I'm in search of possible an oil that would play with alcohol a little better. Some guys say Lucas but I would like to see what you guys are having luck with. Thanks for any info with good results.
You still need zinc so the Brad Penn you were running would be fine. You will got alot of different opinions. I run the Valvoline vr1 racing oil. Lucas is good oil also. Some guys run Schaefer's oil. It all depends on your preference. Plenty of good options. Pick to one that you're most comfortable with and you should be fine. The main thing is not to have your tuneup and idle too rich. That will milk the oil regardless of what brand you run. Make sure your idle mixture is good and your tuneup and you will be good to go.
 
Vote for staying with Brad Penn. Use the 70 weight in blown alcohol hemi truck pull engines and does not milk up like many others. Reason is uses Pennsylvania crude as part of its base stock and others do not. That base will not combine with alcohol. Alcohol will separate out after setting and you can pour it off the oil or vice versa.
 
Amsoil Dominator 15w50 I'll drain it about every 20 passes or so and change the filter, get the nasty shit out and put it back in with some fresh oil to top off. I also run a vacuum pump.
 
Been racing for about 40 years and have always been a Brad Penn and years ago Wolf Head oil user. During those years I ran either race gas or BP 93 pump gas. Several years ago I made the switch to alcohol and still ran Brad Penn because most of my engines had solid lifter cams in them. Well I have stepped up to roller cams in most of my engines so I no longer need the Zinc that I used to need for cam protection. Now with alcohol I'm in search of possible an oil that would play with alcohol a little better. Some guys say Lucas but I would like to see what you guys are having luck with. Thanks for any info with good results.
The Brad Penn oil is a good choice. Renegade also offers a race oil with the most zinc of any manufacturer, and it's designed for alcohol use.
 
I am using Lucas synthetic racing 10-30 for the last 2 seasons. I have seen no issues what so ever. Have used Brad Penn 20-50 and Amsoil Dominator 10-30 in the past and both have worked great with Methanol. I don't believe you could go wrong with any of the three. Racing oil technology now is so good that finding a bad oil is harder than finding a good oil. Any problems one might encounter is usually more to do with the tune up I.E. way rich, than the oil itself.
 
Brad Penn 10/30 here. I still have flat tappets. Not methanol but E85 which has some of the same issues. I get some condensation... only thing comes out of the breather tank is water but the oil stays dark green.
 
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Thanks for the suggestions guys. I'm adding a stand alone EGT system to work on my tune a little better and I'm at a point were I can build heat nicely but before going to alcohol I was kinda spoiled by the number of passes I could get out of my engines. I am going to step up my maintenance program and see if that helps. Years ago I ran a product called Pro Blend and was always very happy with the way my bearing looked on rebuilds. My local speed shop closed and for what ever reason I stopped using it. I see its still on the market so I may research it some to see what others say about it an alcohol use. Thanks again guys.
 
Jegs with racer discount is the best price I've seen..
 
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