Oil analysis results with German Castrol 0w30
02-14-2005, 04:41 AM
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Originally Posted by JS
Patman could u or would u ever test Valvoline Dino in your car..
Or another Dino thats equivalant to it...
Just would like to see the comparo,Maybe I'll run syn. if u show me its really worth it.
Remember my car is primarally a race type car,I only drive it 4K a yr at most,I race it about 10 times a yr so I dont need a prolonged oil interval,at best 2K miles.
Do u think most Dino's would be okay for me or do u think I could still benefit from Syn...
Or another Dino thats equivalant to it...
Just would like to see the comparo,Maybe I'll run syn. if u show me its really worth it.
Remember my car is primarally a race type car,I only drive it 4K a yr at most,I race it about 10 times a yr so I dont need a prolonged oil interval,at best 2K miles.
Do u think most Dino's would be okay for me or do u think I could still benefit from Syn...
I still think you could benefit from using synthetic in your car, it can handle higher oil temps better and will provide better protection under extreme stress.
02-14-2005, 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by CamaroJoe
Its too bad that its tough for some of you to find the Castrol 0W30.
I have run it in my car and I can honestly say that I was very impressed.
I'm not sure how much it matters but even after 3000Km of hard driving the oil looks very clean. It doesn't darken like the Mobil1 that I used previously.
This was in my 02 LS1. I really do drive my car hard. Every chance I get that car sees redline
I have run it in my car and I can honestly say that I was very impressed.
I'm not sure how much it matters but even after 3000Km of hard driving the oil looks very clean. It doesn't darken like the Mobil1 that I used previously.
This was in my 02 LS1. I really do drive my car hard. Every chance I get that car sees redline
Wtf???
02-14-2005, 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Old Geezer
"I've been told be a few racers that syn tend to pull heat from the valve springs and thats not a good thing."
Care to elaborate??
Care to elaborate??
02-14-2005, 11:33 PM
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Honestly I have talked to 2 NMCA racers that run turbo cars and both of them told me that dino is better at keeping heat in the valvetrain...
These were 2 WORLD CHAMPION RACERS that people know on here but out of respect to them I will not tell u there names.
I am not BSing anyone.....
Maybe others have heard of this too?
This was for drag race type setups,not street cars....
These were 2 WORLD CHAMPION RACERS that people know on here but out of respect to them I will not tell u there names.
I am not BSing anyone.....
Maybe others have heard of this too?
This was for drag race type setups,not street cars....
02-15-2005, 03:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Old Geezer
"I've been told be a few racers that syn tend to pull heat from the valve springs and thats not a good thing."
Care to elaborate??
Care to elaborate??
02-15-2005, 03:46 AM
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Originally Posted by JS
Honestly I have talked to 2 NMCA racers that run turbo cars and both of them told me that dino is better at keeping heat in the valvetrain...
These were 2 WORLD CHAMPION RACERS that people know on here but out of respect to them I will not tell u there names.
I am not BSing anyone.....
Maybe others have heard of this too?
This was for drag race type setups,not street cars....
These were 2 WORLD CHAMPION RACERS that people know on here but out of respect to them I will not tell u there names.
I am not BSing anyone.....
Maybe others have heard of this too?
This was for drag race type setups,not street cars....
02-15-2005, 05:02 AM
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Originally Posted by JS
Patman,didnt u run Schaffer in your car....
Thats dino?
Now honestly,race motor spinning to 6600..
10/30 or 5/30 syth????
Or the German 0/30 Castrol.....
Thats dino?
Now honestly,race motor spinning to 6600..
10/30 or 5/30 syth????
Or the German 0/30 Castrol.....
I'm going to have 6k on my current run with GC by this weekend so I'm going to change it and send it for analysis and will post the results here next week (Monday or Tuesday). The following run will be another 6k run, then from that point on I plan on following the oil life monitor in order to determine how long I go. (which will most likely mean 7-8k intervals based on how I've seen the oil life monitor countdown so far)
02-15-2005, 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by vettenuts
It is on sale right now at Autozone if you can find it, picked up 17 quarts last Saturday. I use it in all six cars.
I bought everything they had (12 quarts), it was only 3.99/qt. 
02-16-2005, 12:25 AM
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Has someone done a side by side comparison with Royal Purple? Just curious. I would like to try the GC, but if they stop carrying it I will have to switch back to Royal Purple. Anyone switch from RP to the Castrol, and if so what differences did you see?
02-20-2005, 05:42 AM
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Originally Posted by solobaric
Has someone done a side by side comparison with Royal Purple? Just curious. I would like to try the GC, but if they stop carrying it I will have to switch back to Royal Purple. Anyone switch from RP to the Castrol, and if so what differences did you see?
I just changed my oil in the Corvette yesterday, with 6100 miles on it. I did not need to add any oil whatsoever during the interval. I should hopefully get the analysis results Monday afternoon. (I will drop the sample off at the lab first thing in the morning)