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thanks for your information..it helps a lot.

 

I've yet to read a logical explanation of that theory. Complete bull****.

As for oil filters: I sacrificed a K&N, and at least one other forum member sacrificed one of theirs. Find the thread. There's so much info on here that people never seem to look for.

 

Well it seems to me (see my name, however) that even without turbo the added benefit of synthetic is better, lasting longer, lubrication. I started using synthetic when it came out in my (then) new toy. sometimes due to cashflow, i go back to standard, and then back to synthetic. It's never once caused a problem. My first oil change in my new lancer was for all synthetic mobil 1 (I'm NA on that car too). I don't think the extra cash is wasted, as synthetics have proven to have better, longer lasting lubrication. As for oil filter changes... well when I was in auto shop at 13y.o. we were taught to change the filter at every oil change, why would you put clean oil through a dirty filter? Am I missing something or these some real obvious questions?

NBW

 

Have you guys ever heard of a oil brand called royal purple.

 

Yes.

Fox

 

yeah royal purple is supposed to be the best. . . . 5 or 6$ a quart. . .. I think once you go synthetic, synthetic is synthetic. Yes RP is the best.... But this is still a grocery getter I'm' building... just want it to be a little . . . 'perkier'. I don't think that warrants me going broke for every oil change!

 

turn it up!!!

 

good post

 

I read the same thread about synthetics being bad for the 4g94 engines, I think it was someone from RRM that gave the explaination about the gear in the oil pump not pumping it to the pressure side correctly.

 

I have been using synthetic since i got my 02 lancer, i never had a problem,, i having been doing a oil change every 7000 miles because synthetic last longer, i just did an oil change with mobil 1 extended performance it says 15000 miles put i will just waits till my oil gets dirty.

 

If you do it when the oil gets dirty, you do it at like 500 miles.

Even changing synthetic at 3k, it's BLACK.

 

That's weird, because mine is usually purple.

 

Don't overlook Danno's point about sunglasses. I managed a retail sunglass store for five years, so I've picked up all kinds of information about shades and eyes and driving. Good glasses not only save you energy by reducing eye strain, they help you see farther and clearer (think turns and potholes), preserve your night vision, and save you from annoying vision loss when you're old.
To back up Danno's first point, eye strain really does make you physically tired. Your eyes use about 25% of your body's total energy over the course of a day. Bad glasses make you work harder to see, good glasses make you work less. It's actually become a matter of ethics in sports: athletes turn down endorsement contracts for poor-quality sunglasses because the wrong shades would affect their performance. Most of the Oakley-wearing athletes you see aren't sponsored, they just know that Oakley has the best optics of any wrap-around sunglass, and thus allows you to better use that energy you would have wasted on compensating for bad glasses.
There's a strong case for polarized glasses, too. The top three sources of glare are snow, sand and asphalt, and getting rid of it by wearing polarized glasses not only cuts down on eye strain, it lets you better see details in the road, and it cuts out the sun spot reflected directly into your eyes from the rear window of the car in front of you. A word of warning, though -- polarized glasses often **** with tinted windows (the window can look blotchy and partially black) and will make it harder to read LCD screens -- they look black if your head is tilted just the right way. So before you go plunking down for a pair of polarized glasses, try them out in your car to make sure they won't drive you nuts or obscure your wideband.
Oakleys are awesome because they're light and comfortable as sin. For lens quality, check out Revo -- the technology in the lenses was developed by NASA for the space shuttle glass and MMU helmet visors. The Revo lens acts like a graphic equilizer for your eye -- lets in the light you need, but not the light you don't. The result is incredibly clear vision in every light condition, bright or shady, dawn to dusk, rain, sleet, snow or shine. Also, they make them in both polarized and non-polarized. Sadly, Revo was bought out about five years ago by Luxottica, the umbrella company that owns Sunglass Hut, Ray Ban, Killer Loop, and manufactures about half of the fashion name sunglasses. Since them, build quality has gone to **** and customer service has disappeared, but the lens technology has stayed the same and the prices have come down.
I personally keep a pair of Oakleys in my car. Some other quality brands to check out are Maui Jim, Native, Costa Del Mar, and Smith. If you're going shopping, the best advice I can offer is never buy a pair without going to test them outside. If the salesman won't let you, find another store.
Oh, and one more thing. If you think your dollar-store plastic jobs are "just fine," take them to a decent sunglass store and try them out next to one of the brands I mentioned above. Seriously, the glasses are between you and your primary sensory input on the road. If you're modding your Lancer to cut that 20hp loss between the engine and the wheels, mod your glasses so you don't lose half your vision between your eyes and the windshield. It's an expense that benefits both performance and safety.

This ended up a little longer than I expected, but I hope it's informative.

Cheers,
--Matt

 

From all the post I have read about cars I found your troll just simply disturbing. I hope you are never in the marketing sales business.

Where did you get that the Synthetic oil hurts our cars more than help? Syntethic oil maintain its chemical and structural properties under extreme heat and wear, it is chemically proven to last mcuh much longer than conventional oils, it is proven to protect much longer and ironically is also cheaper in the long way but unfortunately there are cheap people that still think that the synthetic oil is "too expensive".

Syntetic oil is use in the most advance racing technology, any kind of racing car uses synthetic oil, even 2 stroke engines.

I have seen and worked on cars where people were using $.99 Techno2000 oil (non-syntetic)from Wall mart and created a sludge of creamy residual l" yogurt like" on the bottom of their oil pan so severe that the oil pump got clogged.

I have also seen severe cloging on my own car from previous owner not using syntetic and cloging the thin oil lines of the turbos on a Dodge Stealth.

You name it. Synthetic oil is the best you can get out there, now days you can't go wrong with any brand as long the oil is 100% synthetic.

Even a good oil can make your dyno numbers higher.

Carlos