View Poll Results: What Weight Oil Are You Using?

0W-30

5.67%

5W-30

19.95%

10W-30

174

42.86%

0W-40

2.22%

5W-40

3.69%

10W-40

5.91%

0W-50

0.99%

5W-50

2.46%

10W-50

0.99%

15W-50

5.67%

20W-50

7.39%

10W-60

0.99%

What Weight Oil Are You Using

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Oct 1, 2009 | 10:10 AM

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golgo13

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Oct 1, 2009 | 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by johno

i use 15w 50 or 20w 50 only drawback is have to let it warm up a bit. Using castrol syntec but was using mobil one which i didnt like. So far royal purple is my favorite. I have a gt35r at about 420whp on pump gas with a light tune

what didnt you like about it??????

Oct 1, 2009 | 10:21 AM

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34psi Fp Green 400/460

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Oct 1, 2009 | 10:32 AM

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jusa4bngr05mr

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MOTUL 5w-30 300V series woot

Oct 1, 2009 | 10:57 AM

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ZFRED10

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Mobil 1 Full synthetic 5w30. 350whp

Oct 1, 2009 | 11:03 AM

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15w40 Dino juice

Shell Rotella T, **** is so cash

Oct 1, 2009 | 01:02 PM

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kwanza

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From: Oxnard

300whp
Redline 20w 50

Oct 1, 2009 | 01:11 PM

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browningderek

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Originally Posted by big block ix

34psi Fp Green 400/460

2.3 hta86 8500rpm and 30+psi. 20-50 ^^^^^

Oct 1, 2009 | 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by dambikeracer

0w-20??? Your turbo needs thicker oil!

no it doesnt, the thicker the oil the more chance to starve the turbo bearings from oil you have, the oil pasages on the turbo are small therfore using a 20W50 is just looking for trouble, you dont see the effects now but soon you will by starving an engine and turbo

Oct 1, 2009 | 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by big block ix

34psi Fp Green 400/460

i like the fact you are going for the anti wear additive, Zinc on thet oil.

get some of this fuly synthetic, and has even more Zinc in her:

Oct 1, 2009 | 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by sparky

The 354 WHP part is acceptable to me. However, the 424 WTQ denominator with your limited mods is hard for me to believe. I take it that you are making this claim with an VIII, with stock cams, stock TB, stock unported head, stock IM, and pumpgas. Probably you have some undisclosed mods, duh!

He has GSC2s, E85, and probably a few other things done to his car.

Oct 1, 2009 | 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by apagan01

Thanks apagan. I just let people go with the old way of thinking, unless I know them personally. I smile on the inside, when they argue.

Oct 1, 2009 | 02:44 PM

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The maker recommends 20W-40 for hot weather. Anyone using it? Has anyone ever seen 20W-40?

Oct 1, 2009 | 02:47 PM

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Oct 1, 2009 | 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by apagan01

I see your thinking but don't the heat of the Turbo break down the viscosity??? If what you are saying is that thinner oil is better for a Turbo, then why are most engine builders running 15 or 20w-50??? Why are they not pushing 0w-20???

I had always ran 5w-30 then I switched to SSO 0w-30, then to Dominator 10-30, and now that I have the FP Red, I switched to 10w-40 and it take a while to heat up. Now, my car feels like it don't want to go, untill it is warmed up.

When I talked to a rep at Amsoil they told me to run Dominator 5w-20

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