What type of oil do you use?

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08-20-2009, 09:34 PM

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Gene Culley

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I have upgraded to Mobil 1 on mine the first oil change and then I just added the SC kit at 4500 miles. Since Mobil 1 is $22.00 for a 5 quart jug at WalMart it isn't that big of a deal.

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08-21-2009, 01:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Illini_06SS

The same reason why they didn't put 2" diameter axle shafts in them or use the same tranny as they use in the MC/SS/SC, because it's not going to affect the life of the vehicle beyond its expected life and would just increase the cost of the vehicle and of maintenance.

u described two things that have nothing to do with motor oil, great arguement, u keep using the cheap oil and i'll stick to my synthetic. You seem to think synthetic was designed only for top model sport model cars, its amazing.

I feel sorry for people who listen to you based on those arguements....

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08-21-2009, 03:09 AM

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Argh all this back and forth, I still don't know what to run my car on!

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08-21-2009, 08:41 AM

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Your car isn't going to fall apart because you run conventional. All those 100k+ mile SBCs and Hondas didn't run synthetic for a vast majority of their life and I'm certain many of them still don't run synthetic. To insinuate that your going to bring about premature failure of your vehicle BY FOLLOWING MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDATIONS is ridiculous.

My point was that using synthetic oil adds cost to owning a vehicle over using conventional oil, just like having 2" axleshafts and an oversized transmission would cause the sticker price of the car to increase when it isn't needed for the reliable operation of the vehicle.

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Argh all this back and forth, I still don't know what to run my car on!

Get some Castrol GTX or Valvoline and call it a day.

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08-21-2009, 08:50 AM

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Synthetic Always. Mobile 1 for me. Used it from day one in my 2.2L sedan then when it was boosted as well. 77k with not one problem 30k on boost

Same with my LNF. Mobile 1 since day 1. will never change.

x2, and will always with all my cars!

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tried royal purple for the 1st time. its pretty sexy. i like this oil

I tried that stuff once and had it in there for like 5k miles, that stuff was still purple.. I decided to change it anyways.. lol.

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I have upgraded to Mobil 1 on mine the first oil change and then I just added the SC kit at 4500 miles. Since Mobil 1 is $22.00 for a 5 quart jug at WalMart it isn't that big of a deal.

Its $26 here, but worth it imo.