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View Poll Results: What Weight Oil Are You Using?
0W-30
23
5.67%
5W-30
81
19.95%
10W-30
174
42.86%
0W-40
9
2.22%
5W-40
15
3.69%
10W-40
24
5.91%
0W-50
4
0.99%
5W-50
10
2.46%
10W-50
4
0.99%
15W-50
23
5.67%
20W-50
30
7.39%
10W-60
4
0.99%
Other please post what it is
5
1.23%
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What Weight Oil Are You Using

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Old Sep 27, 2009 | 12:42 PM
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What Weight Oil Are You Using

Please post your HP and Turbo with the weight of the oil you are using!
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Old Sep 27, 2009 | 12:44 PM
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5w30
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Old Sep 27, 2009 | 12:46 PM
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mods in sig
10w30 synthetic.
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Old Sep 27, 2009 | 12:50 PM
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Redline 10w40

300whp
Road-raced frequently
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Old Sep 27, 2009 | 12:55 PM
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Amsoil 10w-40 in the Spring - Fall, FP Red, and 470WHP. Next oil change I will drop down to Amsoil SSO 0w-30 for the Winter.
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Old Sep 27, 2009 | 12:58 PM
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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
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Old Sep 27, 2009 | 12:59 PM
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Mobil 1 10W-30

Maxed out pump gas stock turbo Evo IX; every mod possible short of a turbo and built engine.
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Old Sep 27, 2009 | 01:03 PM
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Amsoil SS 0w-30.....HP in my sig
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Old Sep 27, 2009 | 01:25 PM
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Amsoil 10w-40
Still running stock turbo
323whp Dyno Dynamics 1.0 CF
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Old Sep 27, 2009 | 01:26 PM
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Amsoil 5W-30 year round. Stock Turbo
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Old Sep 27, 2009 | 01:34 PM
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stock 03 turbo @ 300 whp using 5 w40
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Old Sep 27, 2009 | 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by dambikeracer
Please post your HP and Turbo with the weight of the oil you are using!
What are you trying to achieve? any worries with the grade you're using?
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Old Sep 27, 2009 | 03:20 PM
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Factory fill M1 10-30 sometimes the EP

61mm (35r)
450whp pump

Oh and 120k on the stock bottom end FTMFW
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Old Sep 27, 2009 | 03:28 PM
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im on amsoil 10w30 year round

i just have a tbe and a cone filter
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Old Sep 27, 2009 | 03:41 PM
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Brad Penn 20-50. I like to keep my oil pump happy... Been using it almost a year now. Switched from Mobil 15-50. Making 350awhp.
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