Crybabii

I am thinking of using slick50 engine and transmision treatment for my fd anybody used it before or reccomd it.. will it damage my engine??

'85GSL-SE

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^ haha, I watched a guy use it in his 12A a few years back here where I live because he used it in his piston engine and it worked there. So he proceeded and hey it worked great!, until he went WOT... The motor blew itself apart. It was damn hilarious yet tragic for the 12A at the same time and those are some tough little motors.

My recommendation keep it away from a rotary and it will be happy!

Crybabii

hahaha thought so.. so do you know of anything that will protect my seals and rotor housing?? and also my transimision.. manual by the way.. anyway i need to really protect the engine as I rev it up to 6-7k rpms most of the time.. my fd is almost stock..

Mahjik

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Proper maintenance. There is nothing wrong with revving the motor up when you drive it. Just keep up with the proper maintenance and use the proper fluids.

Sgtblue

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http://www.fd3s.net/oil.html#ADD

MrNizzles

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^^ From link above, I think this about sums up the effect of Slick 50 engine treatment:


NASA Lewis Research also ran tests on PTFE additives and they concluded that:

"In the types of bearing surface contact we have looked at, we have seen no benefit. In some cases we have seen detrimental effect. The solids in the oil tend to accumulate at inlets and act as a dam, which simply blocks the oil from entering. Instead of helping, it is actually depriving parts of lubricant."

Chief Chemist of Redline Synthetic Oil Company, Roy Howell, says:

"... to plate Teflon on a metal needs an absolutely clean, high temperature surface, in a vacuum. Therefore, it is highly unlikely that the Teflon in Slick 50 actually plates the metal surface. In addition the Cf (Coefficient of friction) of Teflon is actually greater than the Cf of an Oil Film on Steel. Also, if the Teflon did fill in 'craters' in the steel, than it would fill in the honing of the cylinder, and the oil would not seal the piston rings."



Might be worth it for lawnmowers ???

dgeesaman

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Waste of money.

I met a guy who worked as an engine designer in Detroit. He works with tribology and metal wear on a daily basis. No BS.

Slick50 sells hard using a demonstration where they run two friction tests side by side. Of course one has their additive and the other doesn't. It LOOKS like they are both pieces of metal sliding in the oil, and indeed the non-Slick50 demonstration burns up and scores the metal in short order. This guy asked for them to lift the test rigs so he could see both sliding surfaces in the Slick50 demonstration. *They refused*. It's because Slick50 hides a roller in the one demonstration and not in the other. Nuff said.

Dave