~JOSHUA

iTrader: (92)

I'm about to become a sponsor and I'm wondering if I should carry AMSOIL which is harder to find than the German Castrol and is thought of as the best oil made.

GreekGator

Maybe in yours and a few others opinion but not everyones. From what i know it is a great oil, but to say its the BEST is questionable.

Rescue Ranger

iTrader: (10)

Opinions dont mean jack when it comes to oil, just look at oil analysis results (factual), and they suggest that Amsoil European Forumla 5w40, along with GC 0w30, Redline 5w30, and a few others are among the best for the LS1. You can 'debate' which is the best by analyzing oil analysis results which will vary slightly car to car, but it is certainly a proven performer.

I'd absolutely buy Amsoil 5w40 European formula. I stand by that statement too; when you do carry it (if you decide its what to do) PM me and I'll be your 1st order.

tirefryer

Same here. I lost my dealer recently. I am paying full price online for it. PM me when it's available.

~JOSHUA

iTrader: (92)

I'm right now getting my business license paper work done. I'm going to have a site here called "Chrome & Performance." I'm considering becoming a dealer for AMSOIL after seeing the oil anaysis results. Good oil, hard to find though.

Right now I'm just seeing if it's worth persuing. -Joshua

Rescue Ranger

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I found my twin! The only other pewter z28 on the planet, and we both use amsoil!!!!

GM Muscle

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I looked into pushing it too but you have to sell alot of oil to make any money. Not to mention $175 a month sponsorship fee. The big thing is, for guys that use more than a case a year, it's worth it for them to pay the $20 a year fee to buy factory direct wholesale (same exact price as you pay). Even if you where their sponsoring dealer you would only be making commission credits off them. If your going to make money doing it I think you would have to get out and sign up some commercial accounts and retail on shelf accounts. It is a great opportunity to make money, but your going to have to get out there and sell yourself.

~JOSHUA

iTrader: (92)

I'm going to be paying the $175 sponsor fee anyway, I was just thinking it would be nice to carry a proven performer especially since it's so hard to find.

I'm going to call them and see what the deal is exactly. As long as it's not going to HURT my pocket, I might just offer it so the guys here have the connection. -Joshua

That's why I'm doing this to see the interest... if people really want it.

GM Muscle

iTrader: (9)

Other than your yearly dealer fees, catalogues and info packets that you choose to order, it shouldn't cost you anything. Did you get a dealer pack yet? Everything is outlined in that. Also, for your mailorder customers, they ship right from the warehouse, you really don't have to stock anything. What they usually do is have the customer go from your website directly to their online catalogue and checkout and then Amsoil sends you the check. That's where it get's tricky though, using the Amsoil online catalogue people can clearly see that they can buy wholesale for a $20 a year fee. If they decide to do this the only way you will get credit is if they type you in as a sponsoring dealer, or if they use your portal (link from your website) to the catalogue. Otherwise, the nearest dealer will get the commision credits. If you where to pick up a couple of local commercial accounts and auto parts stores you could do pretty good every month.

Patman

Amsoil is definitely one of the top synthetic oils out there, and you can't go wrong running their 5w40 in an LS1 engine.

Fratsit

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Count me in. I buy it locally, but I would happily buy from a board sponsor instead.

R/ Frat

gun5l1ng3r

What is the approximate cost compared to the $5/qt German Castrol?

mr2guru

iTrader: (16)

I run the 5w-40 in my LS motors.

I ran the 5w-20 in a CR-V for 12k mi and did an analysis. The oil was 87% 'new' still going by the TBN.

~JOSHUA

iTrader: (92)

The 5w-40 European motor oil is supposed to last 25,000 miles and retails for $6.85 per quart, $81.00 for a case of 12.

Compare that to the cost of replacing Mobil, Castrol at the recommended drain intervals and the AMSOIL comes out on top with value not to mention wear resistance and breakdown.

All you would have to do is change the filter @ 7k miles and rock on for another 7k. Then change the oil even though it's still got 10,000 miles left on it.

They also have some abuse tests in this brochure that shows the results between AMSOIL, Mobil, Royal Purple, Castrol.

I know they did the tests, but the figures are "overwhelming" in favor of AMSOIL

GreekGator

hmmm.....i might have to try some. I currently am running GC Green and will run this OCI for 6k b/c ive never had my oil analyzed and want to see whats going on in my motor. After this OCI, im going to run M1 5/40 for 6k and see how that performs via an analysis. Then i may have to try Amsoil 5/40 and do the same so i can see which oil i am going to stick with from there on in. I will have to do an analysis on GC Gold as well.

OneMeanZ

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You should also consider selling GC 0w30 for the people who don't have access to this oil in their location.

~JOSHUA

iTrader: (92)

If I can find a source. New items will be added weekly.

Tranzor

I'm an Amsoil dealer, and I've thought about becoming a board sponsor, since shipping Amsoil anywhere in the country is easy to do, as they have warehouses within 2-3 day delivery time to just about any part of the country and Canada... but as was said, you have to sell A LOT of oil to make the sponsor fee worthwhile. However, since you're already going to be a sponsor for other things, I don't think it'll hurt you at all.

dailydriver

Ironically, this would probably bring in more profit than the Amsoil. I went looking for it in my area and it is non-existent!! I then called Castrol HQs in Wayne and was told that whomever is bringing that stuff into the country is not doing it through them, and must be dealing directly with the German (GC) and Belgian (BC) distributors. They said that technically the only Syntecs allowed to be sold here are the ones labelled "not for sale outside of the Americas (or USA)" and "Made in USA". So I gave up on this $h!t and became an Amsoil preferred customer and will use their 5W-40. F Castrol if they refuse to sell me their good stuff!!!!

~JOSHUA

iTrader: (92)

Yeah, I've used GCastrol, Mobil, Royal Purple (which is still in the differential), and now I have AMSOIL in the tranny (butter smooth) and I have some to put in the engine when its time for the change.

I'm kind of sold on AMSOIL looking at the analysis tests, I'd rather sell what is (in my opinion based on research) the best...AMSOIL.