ORIGINAL: RC Ignition
Another internet forum MYTH...You 100-1 Amsoil people are all the same...Less oil = LESS performance, not more...We raced at El Mirage dry lake last weekend....One of the fastest unlimited planes is a modified P51 running a mostly STOCK DA 170...It DOES turn 10,000 rpm...It DOES NOT run 100-1 Amsoil...Race pilots want ALL the performance they can get...A race pilot would not even THINK about 100-1 Amsoil in his 10,000 to 12,000 rpm race engine ...PERIOD...
We run a 289 twin, use 8% oil...We LIKE the long black streaks down the fuse from the extra oil...
You think hovering around for a few minutes puts a load on the engine ??? NOTHING loads an engine like running WOT and turning a 180 degree turn at the end of a 1600 foot straightaway...
If 100-1 would increase performance, everyone would use it...NO ONE does, we KNOW better...
And have tried every imaginable oil and fuel mix possible in the last 20 years of racing...
LOTS of oil works best....
RC I do not understand why people do not belive this. More oil makes a better seal for better compression and lubes the entire engine better. What I think is THESE people are affraid that more cabon will build up in engine. If you use oil like Klotz...no carbon will build up. So the bottom line is...use more oil...but make sure its the type that does not build up carbon. Capt,n