Engine oil seems so simple. It's slippery. It keeps metal parts from fusing together. It's messy, especially when it has been squeezed, slung, and sprayed around the inside of a hot engine for ...

In the "What's That Stuff?" on motor oil, Steve Ritter mentions zinc dialkyldithiophosphates (ZDDP) as a key antiwear agent (C&EN, March 13, page 38). It has been used in motor oils for more than 60 ...

Although our hobby is built on tradition, it certainly benefits from modern automotive technology. Street rodding is and always will be a unique blend of historic automotive architecture and ...

I fully understand that the vast majority of oil additives are nearly or completely worthless in modern engines. But I've noticed that most of the discussions on this say something like "no engine ...

Although our hobby is built on tradition, it certainly benefits from modern automotive technology. Street rodding is and always will be a unique blend of historic automotive architecture and ...