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05-15-2019 02:31 PM #11
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I run rotella in my diesels but in the performance stuff with an aftermarket cam if you don't run the ZDDP you will have a failure. In the CR engines I'd run it just in case. The early ones ate tappets due to the narrow lobes. The ZDDP is cheap insurance IMO.
.Ryan
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1968 Corvette Coupe 5.9 Cummins Drag Car 11.43@130mph No stall leaving the line with 1250 rpm's and poor 2.2 60'
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