Oil Nerds Info

Matt

I've done quite a bit of research just by typing "redline vs royal purple" or "royal purple vs mobil 1". Of course, you have to sit through the anecdotal evidence, the brand hate/brand fanboys, and insults to get to some of the "facts", but it's worth it.

RP, according to the Internet (and it's never wrong), is one of the top 3 or 4 oils out there for performance engines. If you're happy with RP, and especially if you obtain a positive oil analysis from something like Blackstone, I'd stick with it.

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Red370

Wow, I found this on one of the forums, the results shock the chit outta me, RP appears to be one of the best in this test, good to hear, great for my piece of mind.

http://www.animegame.com/cars/Oil%20Tests.pdf

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Matt

Good article, but I found this on another site. Apparently the site that originally posted (and conducted) the test, issued this message shortly after: (NOTE: This doesn't mean RP isn't a good and trusted oil, of course. )

OILS AIN'T OILS – The post script

If there's one thing we try and do here at Street Commodores, it's give you, our readers un-biased info on which products are good, and which ones suck. There's so much BS marketing guff out there, that it can be tough to nut out which products can walk the walk – so that's where we come in, doing our best to sort the Holdens from the Lada Nivas.

A few months back (issue 108), you might remember we did an oil comparison. At the time, we thought it was a bloody good thing, and we don't mind telling you we were pretty proud to publish an article that basically bagged a heap of big name brands. You see, at Street Commodores, we can't, and won't be bought. We like to play things straight. And in the name of playing things straight, we'd like to tell you what has happened since that story went to print.

Basically, we made a few oil companies very cross, and some others quite happy; but we've also been educated some more on engine oils, and being the type of publication that we are, we wanted to fill you in on it. The information we've learned since then suggests the test we performed may be irrelevant. Some sources have advised us that the test we used would have been better served testing some of our favourite greases rather than the engine oils we commonly use on our street cars. Sure, we did the test with the best intentions, with a level playing field for each oil and no preconceptions as to who would perform better than another, but when, and if, we mess up, we like to think that we're man enough to set the record straight.

So keep an eye out in an upcoming issue real soon for an in-depth look at what makes up the contents of your oil, what to look for when choosing one, why certain ingredients are so important and whether the test we used was irrelevant for testing oils.

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