Synthetic Oils
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the amsoil true believer guys like amsoil. the royal purples and other specialy brands, in my opinion, are just marketing. for me in about a million miles of racing in every environment imagineable in motors and gearboxes of every description, i have never found a better lubricant than the mobil 1 full synthetics. there was a company in california that made a product called NEO synthetic oil which was absolutely spectacular but 10 times the cost plus we had to ship it from ca. and t was worth it for war emergency sort of applications but for everything else from winston cup to formula atlantic to imsa GTP, off the shelf mobil 1 was the best by far.
the neo stuff was amazing. they made a 0 wt gear oil that was thinner than water and looked like lime coolaide... it had absolutely zero drag and made a repeatable and measureable improvement on the stop watch back to back every time... and the gear boxes would come apart at a 1000 miles and look absolutely brand new.
the neo stuff was amazing. they made a 0 wt gear oil that was thinner than water and looked like lime coolaide... it had absolutely zero drag and made a repeatable and measureable improvement on the stop watch back to back every time... and the gear boxes would come apart at a 1000 miles and look absolutely brand new.
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Lots of threads on this, do some searches, it'll kill a few hours!
General opinion leans toward Mobil1 and Amsoil.
I run Mobil 1. It's great, semi cheap, and readily available.
Can't beat the 5 qt jugs of 15w50 at Walmart for $22 to $24 bucks.
General opinion leans toward Mobil1 and Amsoil.
I run Mobil 1. It's great, semi cheap, and readily available.
Can't beat the 5 qt jugs of 15w50 at Walmart for $22 to $24 bucks.
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Take your pick:
Amsoil RD50 15W-50 Racing synthetic oil
Amsoil ARO 20W-50 Syn Oil
Amsoil MCV 20W-50 Syn Motorcycle Oil
Amsoil AME 15W-40 Syn Marine Oil
All high in ZDDP...choices..choices...I think I would go with ARO in a Big Block Marine Application....unless racing and then use RD50. AME for cooler climates.
Amsoil Ea oil filter
You can't miss with any of these!
Amsoil RD50 15W-50 Racing synthetic oil
Amsoil ARO 20W-50 Syn Oil
Amsoil MCV 20W-50 Syn Motorcycle Oil
Amsoil AME 15W-40 Syn Marine Oil
All high in ZDDP...choices..choices...I think I would go with ARO in a Big Block Marine Application....unless racing and then use RD50. AME for cooler climates.
Amsoil Ea oil filter
You can't miss with any of these!
Last edited by Hydrocruiser; 07-14-2009 at 04:25 PM.