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Originally Posted by SlvrBullIT 
Amazing what the power of free is, ask them how much they spent on oil.....
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Sorry. I don't think you understand...
Cosworth, Ilmor, etc. didn't need even free oil, nor get it. The customers (like our team) paid for or otherwise supplied the oil from the team's sponsors. With Cosworth and Ilmor we leased the engines, and we could run whatever oil we chose. However, they did a lot of testing with oils, and had seen the results of what any number of teams' engines looked like inside at rebuild time.
Same with Infiniti, Speedway, and Comptech... Oil was supplied by the teams that owned the engines and contracted with them for engines, builds, rebuilds, support, etc. Again, no oil was supplied to them by Mobil - period.
But hey, take it for what you think it's worth... Like I said, I was only providing the result of my experiences as FYI. Use whatever you like.
But I can honestly say I know - for a fact - that none of those engine suppliers or build shops got any *freebie* oil from Mobil.
Just out of curiosity what are you basing your conclusion about Ilmor, Cosworth, Infiniti/Nissan, TWR, Speedway, or Comptech on?
Dallara
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