Summit Racing oil

Read the link I posted. A notable oil expert explains a situation with a race crew who had an actual issue that was notable enough they wanted it fixed. Oil consumption went up, which always reduces power, when they upped the zddp too far. They brought it down, ran some high detergent oil for a while and the problem reversed course before permanent damage was done.

It's credible enough for me, Ymmv ;)


Did that article say how much zinc was in that oil? I’ve seen pretty big losses of power with too much ZDDP but I’ve never seen any real damage from it. It had to be well over 2000 PPM I would guess. Of course, who knows how many PPM you end up with if you just dump an additive to the oil.