Motor oil is all the same, right. Well, not really. All brands of motor oils will lubricate your automobile’s engine to some degree, and some will do a better job at keeping it lubricated than others. Some brands even offer special additives that help keep your car’s engine internals clean, while still others offer different levels of viscosity, which (and here comes some science) is a measure of its resistance to gradual deformation by shear stress or tensile stress. An easy way to understand viscosity is that it’s a notion of “thickness.” For instance, honey is thicker and has a higher viscosity than water.

In the video above, Lake Speed, Jr., Certified Lubrication Specialist from the Joe Gibbs Racing Team, gives us an in-depth analysis of the benefits of one of the key ingredients of products from Driven Racing Oil, which are available to everyday consumers for use in their automobiles, and perfect for use in engines found in custom cars, hot rods and trick trucks owned by performance car enthusiasts just like you. ZDDP or a zinc-phosphate compound is one of those key ingredients and it helps to create a phosphate glass film coating to protect your engine internals from scoring and abrasion, especially during high heat and increased loads.

The discussion continues with an explanation of the advantages of using different types of motor oils during evolving stages of engine life, as well as different types of motor oils for all types of engines. All of these types of motor oils are readily available through Driven Racing Oil and have been developed through years of research with the help of the competition efforts of the Joe Gibbs Racing Team. The choice of motor oils range from Race, Street, Performance, Marine, Powersports, Engine Builder Products to Drivelive Lubricants and much more.