Drivin' the poncho today and it seemed like it really wanted to run. It's no speed demon but it just seemed like it wanted to go and was cruisin' really fine. When I got home I checked a few things and noticed I'm down about one quart on the oil level. I've had several O/T cars over the years that have seemed to follow the same feeling - low on oil but wants to go. I actually ran my 74 Vega low all the time because it seemed to run better (burnt it just as fast though !!). Anyone else experience this, and does anyone have any ideas why this occurs ???
The only reason I can think of would be because an extra quart is causing you to whip oil into the crank. Drag racers, especially super stock racers, used to routinely run extremely low on oil to get a little edge...