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[blykins]

I will edit this post because it came across harsher than what I intended...

What I meant to say was that for a thread that would benefit from some detailed analysis and proof.....there wasn't much. It just seemed like everyone was fighting for their own opinion.

I hopped over to Speedtalk and did some searches to hear what some other builders were saying. The general consensus there was the same thing here: it certainly doesn't hurt anything and in high horsepower cars where acceleration and cornering is a concern, it can actually help. What really raised a flag was that Jeff told me that the car would possibly sit for months at a time. I've seen sticky cam lube fall off of parts in a couple weeks' time, so I know that oil will slide off easily. I'm not under the impression that you can walk away from a car, walk back in a season, and oil is just poised and waiting at the pushrod tips, lifters, bearings, etc.