Synthetic vs. dyno oil: smoking

[JPhil]

Plug wires check out good.
Looked down carb, could see no oil in manifold thru the venturis. But the car has been sitting a couple days now.
Couldn't figure out to bench check a plug for proper firing, it was still better than used ones I have, so I cleaned it and put it back in.
Car fired right up and sounds good.... Will have to put some more miles on it & see what developes.......I hope it stops raining one of these days......

 

[JPhil]

Castor bean oil??

"Why castor? Not, as you might have heard, because it is insoluble in the gasoline mixture fed into the crankcase. It so happens that oil made from the pressing of the castor bean maintains its lubricity under high heat and pressure (such as the cylinder wall of a rotary engine) better than any other lubricant ever made, including the finest petroleum lubricant blends made today. Castor is quite simply a superb oil."

From the article below...

http://www.oldrhinebeck.org/technical_corner_001.htm

And if you find rotaries interesting, more here....

http://www.century-of-flight.freeola.com/new site/frames/rotary engines_frame.htm

(this is my thread, I'll hijack it if I want to!)