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Re: What's your favorite engine oil?
[Re: ScottSmith_Harms]
#289802
04/18/09 09:18 AM
04/18/09 09:18 AM
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Baton Rouge, La.
StandOnIt
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Wow, I was surprised to see R/P that far back on the graph. I have used all kinds of oils over the years. When I tear down, all the bearing and other contact surfaces have always looked way better using R/P. I have never used the really high priced oils because I felt there was no need to due to the facts that I held in my hand looking at. I may give a few of the other oils a try to see if the motor likes them a little better, (engine noise and performance). I do trust R/P at the end of the day tho.
76' Volare, 5.9 magnum w/Iron heads. New best 10.68 at 123 mph 1/4 mile.
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Re: What's your favorite engine oil?
[Re: BradH]
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04/18/09 09:48 PM
04/18/09 09:48 PM
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G-Money1320
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These are the times when I really miss my Grandpa  He was a head distributor for Kendall Oil for 30 years and I remember as a kid him always sending samples out to the labs for testing of wear and viscosity break downs. Too bad I was so young then and he died before I would find the need to learn this kind of stuff for my everyday uses. I use Royal Purple in my Dart and Kendall in my street car. I would use the Kendall in my Dart if I could find the racing stuff instead of the plain 10w30/10w40.
416 stroker from Nick at Compu-flow. 11.14 in full street trim. Seems like a new best every time out.
11.06 open headers----so far!!
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Re: What's your favorite engine oil?
[Re: G-Money1320]
#289805
04/18/09 10:54 PM
04/18/09 10:54 PM
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Posts: 1,285
Pacific NW USA
CompSyn
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Wow, I was surprised to see R/P that far back on the graph. I have used all kinds of oils over the years. When I tear down, all the bearing and other contact surfaces have always looked way better using R/P. I have never used the really high priced oils because I felt there was no need to due to the facts that I held in my hand looking at. I may give a few of the other oils a try to see if the motor likes them a little better, (engine noise and performance). I do trust R/P at the end of the day tho.
Charts and graphs are great data to look at, but at the end of the day nothing beats an engine tear down or a good Used Oil Analysis report.
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These are the times when I really miss my Grandpa He was a head distributor for Kendall Oil for 30 years and I remember as a kid him always sending samples out to the labs for testing of wear and viscosity break downs. Too bad I was so young then and he died before I would find the need to learn this kind of stuff for my everyday uses. I use Royal Purple in my Dart and Kendall in my street car. I would use the Kendall in my Dart if I could find the racing stuff instead of the plain 10w30/10w40.
God Bless your grandpa, sounds like he was a wealth of information. Wonder what he’d think of all the new things going on the motor oil world today?
BTW, Royal Purple has recently been in the news. Check out this LINK.
CompSyn
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Re: What's your favorite engine oil?
[Re: runya]
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04/19/09 12:45 PM
04/19/09 12:45 PM
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Sherwood park, Alberta.
go green
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Sherwood park, Alberta.
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Any oil that's no leaking from my car is a good oil .  I used Pennzoil 25-50 racing oil for years it seamed to work good . I am going to give Joe Gibbs a try this year.
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Re: What's your favorite engine oil?
[Re: go green]
#289810
04/19/09 01:10 PM
04/19/09 01:10 PM
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Spokane Washington
ScottSmith_Harms
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“Anecdotal evidence based solely on the experiences of individual consumers is insufficient to support product efficacy claims, including claims related to horsepower, torque, fuel economy or engine heat,” the organization stated. “While the advertiser may quote from published articles if it provides clear and conspicuous attribution to the publisher, it may not rely on such articles to support efficacy claims for which it has no reliable independent validation.”
Yea, after all the finger pointing was over in that "article" (sure seems like a "competitor" paid for that one?) that one paragraph pretty much summed it up for me as well, there is no clear winner, only "opinions".
So there you have it folks, it's "A Pig-In-A-Poke"
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Re: What's your favorite engine oil?
[Re: ScottSmith_Harms]
#289811
04/19/09 08:54 PM
04/19/09 08:54 PM
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About 10 to 12 years ago, I helped out on a s/s team. We would go to the dyno and run it all day trying all kinds of dif things. At that time, the royal purple DID make a little more than the other oils that we had to test with. That has been a long time ago and I am sure that alot of other oil mfg have caught up on what was going on and may have even made a little better product. I really don't chase oil tec and really don't know for sure. I tried some in my diesel engine when I was making long runs (750 miles one way) to our hunting ranch. I did not see any mpg increase. I know my little stroker motor makes less valvetrain noise with the r/p. 
