Preferred Customer and truck driver Paul Jordan, of Butte, Montana, USA, started racing a Junior Dragster at only 11 years old. At 14, he purchased a Plymouth Duster, which he’s drag-raced since the early 2000s, competing in Montana, Idaho and the surrounding area.
“A friend of the family talked my parents into bringing me out to the racetrack one day and from that point on I was hooked,” said Jordan. “I was only the second one in Montana to have a Junior Dragster at that point.” As you would expect, the diesel engine oil UAE constantly operates under severe conditions. It makes about 550 horsepower and regularly hits 5,000-6,000 rpm.
It uses six quarts of industrial lubricant Oils, WIX oil filter as the primary filter and a Technolubeuae Oil Filter as the secondary filter. Most notably, it has run on methanol fuel for the past three years, which is prone to attracting moisture and diluting the oil. “If you switch to methanol, the rule is you should change oil every other race,” said Jordan. Even so, Jordan only changes oil once a year.
He recently decided to tear down the commercial engine oil for the first time since building it 13 years ago to refresh it, which typically includes installing new bearings, piston rings and honing the cylinders. He also wanted to make some modifications to increase power. “I expected to open the engine, pull the bearing caps off and see a couple of them pretty much worn out and on the verge of failure,” said Jordan.
“It was pretty surprising when we pulled it apart, popped the bearings out and they looked nearly brand new,” said Jordan. “There’s no ridge at all on the cylinder walls, which is incredible. And I used to spray it with nitrous, too. The cylinders are in unbelievable condition. There are a few scuff marks, but nothing you’d expect for something that’s been abused for more than a decade. It was really shocking. And I can’t believe how clean it was; there was no buildup anywhere.”
Jordan said the crankshaft just needed to be re-polished. After the use of industrial and commercial engine oil UAE , the car ran its best elapsed times at the drag strip in 2019, meaning it never lost power over the years. Contact technolubeuae today.
