J.P
I like Valvoline and have used it for years. Anything that says Ashland on the bottle is Valvoline with out the name.
The bit about wearing out the gear has come up before to but don't worry I will not go off again. I use HVHP pumps in EVERY performance engine I build and after 20 + years of building engines I repeat I have never had one of my engines come back with an
oil related failure, or for that matter ever come back for more than an adjustment or two, tune ups and
oil changes.
I have never had one eat a gear or spin a pin on the distributor shaft.
Install a HD
oil drive shaft when you swap the pump.