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Post by 93volpe on Nov 3, 2007 23:26:07 GMT -5
I know this will be another topic of debate... but I'd like to hear what others have to say about it ....
When we first got the 50.. the owner had been using 10/40 Royal Purple and a Racing FL1A filter, we changed oil once and put RP back in ... the second chnge we put Valvoline 10/40 synthetic blend and a standard FL1A... what feelings do y'all have?
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Post by Notch93 on Nov 4, 2007 9:23:58 GMT -5
Any oil is fine as long as you don't let it out live it's life. Whether petroliuem based or synthenic.
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Post by 93volpe on Nov 4, 2007 12:54:06 GMT -5
you hear the hype about the synthetics ... last months 50Mag? someone had written about their 85GT they had run synth in, they got 500k out of it ... at teardown they found no wear in the cyl walls and moving parts..basically the only part needing to be replaced was the crank... it broke and was the only reason for the teardown... I didn't know if anyone was jumping on the synthetic bandwagon .. me.. the jury's still out ..
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Post by nastynotchback1 on Nov 4, 2007 13:34:51 GMT -5
you hear the hype about the synthetics ... last months 50Mag? someone had written about their 85GT they had run synth in, they got 500k out of it ... at teardown they found no wear in the cyl walls and moving parts..basically the only part needing to be replaced was the crank... it broke and was the only reason for the teardown... I didn't know if anyone was jumping on the synthetic bandwagon .. me.. the jury's still out .. i have been in a few 250k 302's that were not taking care of and they had no wear either.i run valvoline race oil in mine with a fl1a.i use to run castrol in them.i really don't have a reason for changing. |
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xsr
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Post by xsr on Nov 4, 2007 20:20:08 GMT -5
I am a believer in the synthetic oils, I like Mobel 1 in the street car, and I'll be going to Royal Purple in the race car. Just needed to let the motor break in good on the race car.
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Post by nastynotchback1 on Nov 4, 2007 20:31:53 GMT -5
i hope i can teach mine to run with no oil before to long.
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Post by nova on Nov 5, 2007 15:04:58 GMT -5
i hope i can teach mine to run with no oil before to long. i have been with mine, atleast the royal purple smells good as it burns... but its too expensive for my blood. at thanksgiving its going back to dinosaur crap. |
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rsw007
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Post by rsw007 on Nov 5, 2007 19:50:48 GMT -5
ive been running mobil1 5w30 for years
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