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What's a good oil to run in a 2.3

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Old May 6, 2016 | 10:45 AM
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What's a good oil to run in a 2.3

What oils are everyone running? I've been using royal purple. I have a evo8 with a Built 2.3 and 272s. What would you guys recommend?
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Old May 6, 2016 | 10:47 AM
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Water, no additives. And bypass the filter.
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Old May 6, 2016 | 11:03 AM
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Consult your engine builder for proper oil weight, or you can do as stated above lol
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Old May 6, 2016 | 11:13 AM
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I run Brad Penn. Royal purple is way overpriced.
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Old May 6, 2016 | 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by gsrboi80
Consult your engine builder for proper oil weight, or you can do as stated above lol
+1, it really depends on the tolerances your engine was built to, generally the looser things are spaced the higher weight oil you will run.
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Old May 6, 2016 | 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by letsgetthisdone
Water, no additives. And bypass the filter.
How do I bypass the filter? I changed out my winter oil and put summer oil in.
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Old May 6, 2016 | 11:48 PM
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Lol you don't bypass the filter...he was bustin your *****
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Old May 7, 2016 | 04:13 AM
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You should be running something with zddp and or with Molly in it for the turbo. If your not running zddp your slowly killing your turbo, I like running lucus race only in my evo 8 runs strong and I can tell when I have the crappy non-zddp stuff on it.�� Hope this helps.
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Old May 7, 2016 | 11:57 AM
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Either Brad Penn or Amsoil Z-rod for my cars... the weight is going to depend on what tolerances the engine was built at...
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Old May 7, 2016 | 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Fast_Freddie
Either Brad Penn or Amsoil Z-rod for my cars... the weight is going to depend on what tolerances the engine was built at...


This. I'm partial to ZRod myself.
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