i'll take a few minutes to kill a couple birds with one stone------my position???----I am a business man with several corporations and hundreds of employees----i relax and relieve my stress by collecting and working on turbo regals-----i don't like golf, fishing or any other sport or pasttime------i have several dozen gn's and three really nice gnx's and although i could afford virtually any car made i choose to drive gn's on a daily basis------years ago i built several rather large garage buildings where i work on my cars and offer a place for my friends with TR's to work on thier cars--------since i have such a vested interest in TR's i was naturally interested when i started to read magazine articles and internet posts about the formulation changes in motor oil------while i am not the sharpest knife in the kitchen it didn't take me long to see that this could be a problem-------at first i did what everyone else did------i went out and bought cases of EOS and Rotella diesel oil because thats what everyone said was the solution-------even at that i didn't feel comfortable since i saw those solutions as very temporary-------the more i looked into it the more worried i became------then i started having tests done on my oil stockpiles and found that the formulations were changing faster than the information in the magazines and internet posts-------i felt that there was only one solution and that was to see if i could stockpile some ZDDP-------i started on this solution last quarter of 06 and at first felt that if i could get a barrell or two of pure ZDDP i would have things covered------things were not that simple-------i started contacting oil companies and refiners-------a lot of good that did-------i knew i was in trouble when Mobil referred me to their legal dept!-------After making some contacts that didn't actually work out after a couple months i eventually got as far as several large chemical companies. Problem is that most of them had recently quit making the stuff since the worldwide demand had fallen so drastically since 2000------Best i can confirm is that there are only two plants that still make it in volume and i have an unconfirmed report that one of them has stopped recently--------next problem was that there are several types of ZDDP and several quality levels but once i was beyond that educational hurdle i managed to arrange for a shipment--------in order to get what i wanted i had to purchase 36 metric tons and then i had to arrange for it to be shipped on a Hazmat cargo ship since the stuff is so nasty in its raw form-------since i buy chemicals on a somewhat regular basis this was not really a problem------ fortunately one of my larger companies is officially classed by the EPA as a "large waste generator" so i have the facilities and people with knowhow to handle it-------my real problem was that our friends at Shell Oil somehow got in the middle of this and actually put a stop to the shipment--------seems that they also deal with this source and were able to put the screws to me-------fortunately one of my business partners is friends with the trade ambassador to the country in question and he was able to pull some strings for me and get things moving--------it took me nearly 8 months to get my shipment from the day i started to the day it landed at my dock--------i'm not going to say what i had in this project to this point but it would easily buy several nice GNX's even at todays prices--------why does dennis sell the stuff--------a couple reasons--------in order to get exactly what i wanted i had to buy a lot more than i could ever possibly use--------in discussions with dennis he expressed an interest in marketing this to the rest of the TR and old car market-------this offer seemed fine to me and we hammered out a deal--------if there had been a reasonable alternative i would never have gone to so much trouble and expense-------i have what i need and if i never sell a drop of this i can sit back and feel confident that my cars are taken care of--------i am not interested in selling oil additives and i would feel that at least some folks would be glad that dennis has worked out an arrangement that everyone can benefit from my efforts to care for my own cars--------if another suitable alternative comes along that should be even better for everyone but i have yet to see it-----------any questions please feel free to ask------- if you doubt me if you are a member of this board and doubt my sincere interest in TR's you are always welcome to stop by my shop------thats all it should take for you to become a believer...............
Who spends all this time, money and research just to ensure their oil has enough chemicals in it to help their cars. You are definitely OCD. I can't believe how similar we are. That is very strange. You are definitely a buick man. I like it.
i relax and relieve my stress by collecting and working on turbo regals. Outstanding. So there
are others like me... I have to show this to my girlfriend. (im obsessive compulsive about my car, and i spend more time with it than my girl, or friends. she's quite pissed)
i have several dozen gn's and three really nice gnx's Where did you say you lived again? lol just kidding. If you need a live in detailer/porter, let me know lol. If I never touched another car besides a buick again, I be totally fine with that.
years ago i built several rather large garage buildings where i work on my cars and offer a place for my friends with TR's to work on thier cars
Wow, you think just like me. If I had all that money, that's the first thing I would have done as well. You're soo lucky.
I have learned volumes about oil content (I'm very anal as well about my oil) from reading this. Thank you soo much for doing the legwork on this. You definitely seem to be an asset to this board, with your funding, and inclination to do extensive research for our cars. Keep up the good work. I don't doubt any other members dedication, but unfortunately, ya need 3 things. And they all have to be in alignment at the same time. Time, money, and motivation. Everyone here for the most part has all 3. But it's few and far between when they appear all at the same time lol. I LOVE it, that you had all 3, and chose to dedicate that to our turbo buicks. It's a beautiful thing.
One question though. Our flat tappet cams need more protection than others because why. Is this just a function of design, or was it what our cams were made out of, and how they were heat treated. Like the old "leaded gas is for non hardened valve seats" deal. My question is, if we made our valve seats out of our newer technology metals, that reduced the need for lead, (plus the whole cat converter deal too) can we make cams that are even more wear resistant? Are todays stock replacement cams for our cars, WAY better than yesteryears? Or does that matter because it's the
design that causes the failures. Tell me whatcha know.
