Hib Halverson

Some Zroners use pour-in engine oil additives, such as "Sea Foam", "STP", "Lucas Oil Stabilizer" and so forth. If that's you, watch this video done by Certified Lubrication Specialist, Lake Speed Jr. on his "Oil Geek" YouTube channel.


Now...change your oil to get all that s**t out of your oil.

Your LS7 will love you for it.

BuckeyeRay

What the heck is a "Certified Lubrication Specialist?" Sounds like another made up credential like "Holistic Health Practitioner."

gsflyer2011

He is legit. I cannot recall his real title but he is a certified wear specialist, lubrication is added speciality to the first one. I watch all his YouTube videos, learned a lot from them. One most important, friction and wear are not equal but different. Less friction can cause more wear. Like too much ZDDP.

rrwirsi

Very interesting video. I have used an oil additive in my DD but not to improve the oil performance but stop a gasket seal leak and it worked and has been for 3years. Save many $$ to changed the gasket.

BuckeyeRay

I believe you, but it sounds fake as hell lol!

gsflyer2011

It is not. He is very well established scientist often invited to many forums, oil manufacturers, engine shops, gyno shops, responsible in formulation of driven oil being sold today but he was a contractor, expert on additives, engine technology and his real profession is metallurgy, and that with engines gets him the title of oil specialist. I forgot actually what is called, really funny and unusual name and the name of the governing body that hands out these titles. He also worked for his father for some 15 years who was a NASCAR driver. He was the person responsible for the lubrication dept of that team. Previously I did not know that NASCAR teams had such a specialist, but appereantly they do! He did explain what he did, and it was vey interesting and complex. 15-20 years ago NASCAR rebuilt every motor after a race. Now with advancement in engine technology, metallurgy, honing techniques, ring advancements and lubrication, each motor lasts at least 3 races with no loss of HP. They think they may even go 4-5 but worried about reliability. His kids called him an oil nerd, he changed it to oil geek for his website and you tube. I am subscribed to his sites and don't miss any new videos from him.

gsflyer2011

I looked it up I one of his videos. Tribologist. Certified lubrication specialist title is also granted by that body is called the society of Tribologists and lubrication engineers STLE for short.

Hib Halverson

I've known Lake Speed Jr. for a number of years.

He started his career at Joe Gibbs Racing many years ago. Back then, JGR had an oil company as a sponsor that suddenly bailed. Considering a NASCAR team's myriad of lubricant needs, Coach Gibbs vowed to never again rely on sponsors for his team's lubricants. He hired Speed Jr., who had lubrication specialist certification, from the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, to develop in-house lubricants for Coach's race programs. Turns out JGR had noticeable performance and durability improvements with the proprietary engine oil and gear oil formulations developed by Lake Speed Jr. In tightly contested NASCAR racing, five-horsepower can be the difference between a win and a top five. In fact, these lubricants were so good that Joe Gibbs decided to expand his lubricant blending into the consumer market and branded the products "Gibbs Driven Racing Oil." Sales of Gibbs Driven Racing Oil to consumers increased rapidly and Driven Racing Oil outgrew JGR. Eventually, the Driven brand was sold and is now owned by the venture capital firm that owns Edelbrock and COMP Cams.

Today, Driven Racing OIl is widely available. Most of the products use an mPAO base originally developed by Exxon-Mobil about a decade ago. Ironically, Mobil 1 products do not use mPAO and still rely on the older-style PAO bases. While I prefer Red Line products for their use of ester base stocks, I have used Driven Racing Oil in the past to good results. If I couldn't get Red Line, I'd use Driven.

Currently, Lake Speed Jr. works for Total Seal, a piston and piston ring manufacturer, and also operates SPEEDiagnostix an oil analysis laboratory.

gsflyer2011

Thank you for bringing attention to this person Hib. Everyone who thinks they know anything about lubrication should follow this person. 50 years of hot rodding, being a gear head I thought I did. I only realized after how little I knew. You tube is full of very ignorant posters who make videos about oils and filters but once you learn from him, you know who is full of total BS.

GRM1

Rrwirsi .. what additive worked for you ? Wondering for my DD with a leak. Thanks.

rrwirsi

I used TITAN Oil Stop-Leak.

Ron

GRM1

Thank you. I ordered and will report back on results.