Description
Rock Oil's R&D facility has successfully developed the next generation of 100% synthetic automotive racing oils – the Carbon Series. This development, along with extensive field trials with leading racing teams, has resulted in a significant breakthrough in lubrication performance.
Market-leading additive technology has been combined with the three types of advanced next-generation synthetic base stocks. Independent tests have shown that conventional synthetic ester base oils of the highly polar type have an affinity for internal engine surfaces, which can be detrimental to wear protection. (These esters can compete with additives for the surface, reducing additive performance). Our latest non-polar extreme performance esters do not compete with anti-wear additives for the surface; hence the step-change in wear protection realised by the Rock Oil Carbon Series products is demonstrated below:
Demonstration of performance:
The Sequence IV-A (ASTM D6891) is the oil industry's benchmark flat tappet valve-train wear test.
API SL Limit = 120 microns maximum wear on cam lobes
API SM & SN Limit = 90 microns maximum wear on cam lobes
Rock Oil Carbon 5W-30 = 26 microns
In addition to outstanding wear protection, the Rock Oil Carbon Series has been developed to significantly reduce friction through unique friction modifier technology to release full engine power.
