Why mobile 1 rocks
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Why mobile 1 rocks
I installed my new heads/cam/intake this weekend and when I pulled the heads off I was surprised to see that you could still see the original crosshatching in the cylinder sleeves.
My car has 78,000 miles on it and has pratically lived at 6k RPM. I am very please. I have pulled cams outs of cars that use regular non synthetic oil and after 5k miles it looks worn.
My car has 78,000 miles on it and has pratically lived at 6k RPM. I am very please. I have pulled cams outs of cars that use regular non synthetic oil and after 5k miles it looks worn.
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This picture was posted on BOBISTHEOILGUY.com's message board, so I thought you might be interested to read what they say on there:
http://theoildrop.server101.com/ubb/...c;f=1;t=005554
(to sum up, they think any oil could've shown results like this, and like I mentioned, this doesn't show you if M1 is protecting the bearings or valvetrain as good as other oils could)
Oh, and one more thing. What is it about the LS1 which causes carbon to build up so easily in the combustion chamber?
http://theoildrop.server101.com/ubb/...c;f=1;t=005554
(to sum up, they think any oil could've shown results like this, and like I mentioned, this doesn't show you if M1 is protecting the bearings or valvetrain as good as other oils could)
Oh, and one more thing. What is it about the LS1 which causes carbon to build up so easily in the combustion chamber?
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Originally Posted by Patman
to sum up, they think any oil could've shown results like this, and like I mentioned, this doesn't show you if M1 is protecting the bearings or valvetrain as good as other oils could
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I can't speak for the bearings, but the cam looked brand new. I took out my stock cam at 72k miles and it had no wear on the lobes or the journals. I installed an ls6 cam and ran it for 6k miles and when I pulled it out it looked awsome as well. I believe that any oil can protect you engine if changed regularly. But as I said before...I have pulled numorours cams out of cars that used something other than mobil 1 and they looked worn. I guess I just have yet to see a bad mobil 1 cam. Just something to think about.
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the only oil i use is amsoil it is much better then mobil1
mobil1 is known to be thin
for example in my 89 ta i ran mobil1 10w-30 and oil pressure would go down to 20 lbs when it got hot
i switched to amsoil at the same wieght and now it does not go below 30lbs
my father is a dealler so i get it for nothing
mobil1 is known to be thin
for example in my 89 ta i ran mobil1 10w-30 and oil pressure would go down to 20 lbs when it got hot
i switched to amsoil at the same wieght and now it does not go below 30lbs
my father is a dealler so i get it for nothing
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Not to rain on your parade or anything but when i did my cam change a few months ago i had worn cam bearings and mains i was running M1 5/30 since day one when i bought her (new) and at 15,000 this is what happened. Have been to the track one time during those miles, needless to say i was disapointed in M1 and per Patman gonna run something different to save my bearings
I've got alittle over 16,000 now, hopefully Amisol will work alot better
I've got alittle over 16,000 now, hopefully Amisol will work alot better
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Originally Posted by Just Floor It
What are everyones thoughts on Royal Purple??? I heard that it is known to thin really bad over time..
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Originally Posted by dheck
I can't speak for the bearings, but the cam looked brand new. I took out my stock cam at 72k miles and it had no wear on the lobes or the journals. I installed an ls6 cam and ran it for 6k miles and when I pulled it out it looked awsome as well. I believe that any oil can protect you engine if changed regularly.