Came to 130 66 for the oil, 18 for the Max Gear, 5 for the filter and 40 for ******* labor. Overall the engine is a tad smoother BUT i can really feel it in the tranny. Shifts are butter smooth and less clunking then with the stock POS gm oil.

Would reccomend everyone try the RP max gear atleast once to see how they like it.

 

i was looking at that today expensive as hell though, you think its worth it?

 

I've been itching to try the "XPR" oil for awhile because i've read it is just regular RP with a different additive package but i can't really tell the difference between the two. The engine is alittle smoother but that might just be from the plug change.

I am a believer of the Max Gear now. AWESOME compared to the stock gear oil.

BTW - Anyone looking for RP can get 6 quarts at walmart for 40 dollars.

 

How much and where did you get the Gear Oil from? How many bottles it take you?

 

Pepboys and we need 2 bottles. Our manual tranny's hold 1.8 quarts. It was like 8.34 each

 

Awesome. How did you go about draining the fluid? I don't know the exact location of our drain plug or fill plug.

 

I paid the monkey's at pepboys to do it. Did it all under 50 minutes

 

Hmm.. I wonder exactly how much they would charge to change only the fluid out. I'll have to ask tomorrow.

 

i would like to know how it feels after a couplpe weeks of driving and a little beating on the car, i want to do it im just a little iffy still

 

I ran RP when i drove across the country with no problems. It was a nice 2800 mile treck in 3 days. I put 6500 miles since changing to RP before moving.

 

Thanks for all the info Onyxd04Redline! Looks like your on your way to your first green box! No for real though, I'm going to do the same for the tranny, but going to stick with the Mobil 1 performance fully synthetic oil for the engine.

 

I have a good thread for you to read rally. It's about M1 and testing.

http://www.my350z.com/forum/showthread.php?t=253651

 

thats a great article, so how much damage do you think its doing to our motors since its not fully synthetic

and eventually im gonna change the tranny to rp, but idk about the motor maybe amsoil

 

what are you talking about the RP is fully synthetic it just has a diff additive if im not mistaken

 

did you read the article??? mobil 1 is not fully synthetic

 

Whatever it is, it's on the oil cap, GM recommends it, i'll keep using it. Simple as that.

I've read some horrific stories of people switching over to Royal Purple.

 

really what kind of damage?

 

For starters, i've seen 2 of my friends motors with 30k miles begin gunking up when switching over. They switched right back when I told them that **** isn't good.

 

really? all I've ever heard were good stories. from both regular people and independent testing alike.

I don't know why some people shy away from Royal Purple.. they've been around quite awhile, its not like they just starting producing oil last year or something.....

*edit: Also, GM clearly recommends those CRAPPY Pirelli tires that come stock on our car... that should tell you a thing or two about what GM recommends and what is or is not neccesarily 'good' for our cars....

 

yea ive only heard good things about chaning to rp in the tranny, but motor wise i have heard both good and bad..

 

My buddy's tested out a bunch of different oils on his boat. 33' Eliminator hull w/ twin BB's sportin' 10:71 blowers putting down 980HP a piece. Lets just say he put hours into all different types of oil and the one that came out the cleanest was M1.

Just like Damien said, it's on the cap and that's good enough for me...

 

I agree there, the tires suck absolute dick on our cars.
I was speaking about the motor itself. As for the trans, i have only heard good things.

 

yea i knew you meant strictly motor, i was just a little concerned after that article, you know? i xhecked prices when i went to get oil for my subbie and mobil 1 synthetic was 6.29 a quart. if im gonna blow 40 bucks on oil id like to think its fully synthetic

 

Companies can't market something that it is not. I believe there is Mobile 1 Fully Synthetic and Mobil 1 Synthetic Blend.

I read that link Onyx posted up, lots of people seem to love German Castrol 0W-30.

 

lol where can we get german castrol?