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Old 01-25-2005, 12:18 AM
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2002 Chevrolet Camaro SS 5.7L LS1 6 Speed
6.25 qts Schaeffer 15W-40 PAO Blend
3,050 miles on oil
22,195 Miles on Engine
Oversize Napa Gold oil Filter 1522
Donaldson Blackwing Paper Air Filter
OilGaurd Labs
Oil was in use for 6 month interval July-Dec

Car is modified with full bolt ons, Long Tubes, Pulley, Ported TB etc.... TR224 Cam @ Stage II Heads 10.8-1 Compression 416rwhp @ 391rwtq. Always brought up to operating temp and is run very very hard. This sample saw over 20 track runs to 6500rpms and a 1500 miles interstate trip where the straight stretches became the Daytona 500.

1st number is new analysis with 3050 Miles.
2nd number is previous analysis with 3051 Miles on Schaeffer 10W-30 @ 15W-40 Blend. 3rd and 4th @ 5th are all 3,000 miles on Schaeffer 10W-30 Blend.


Aluminum 12 10 7 4 5
Chromium 0 0 1 1 1
Iron 9 8 16 10 19
Copper 57 43 72 81 117
lead 6 6 13 6 10
Tin 0 1 6 2 -
Molybdenum 37 47 94 107 124
Nickel 0 0 0 0 -
Manganese 0 0 1 1 -
Silver 0 0 0 0 -
Titanium 0 0 0 0 -
Potassium 0 0 2 1 -
Boron 0 0 4 9 -
Silicon 21 39 13 25 67
Sodium 0 2 1 2 -
Calcium - - 2037 2002 2395
Magnesium - - 5 6 14
Phosphorus - - 824 817 1147
Zinc - -1021 990 1108
Barium - - 0 0 -

SUS Viscosity= 14.5 cst 12.1cst 10.4cst 10.8cst 10.2 cst
Flashpoint in deg.F= - - 385 385 -
Fule- 0.1 2.7 0.5 0.5 0.0
Antifreeze= 0 0 0 0 0
Water= 0 0 0 0 0
Insolubles% - - 0.3 0.2 -
Oxid 4.9 1.7
Nit 4.7 2.5
TBN 8.8 7.8
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for those of us that cant read this stuff, is this good or bad?
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Looking good.
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Do you know if the Moly is different in the other blends you used early on, there seems to be a shift in the numbers. Silicon looks good, got to like that Donaldson.
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How's the car running Ryan? Say hi to your pop for me




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