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Le Mans Master
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No need to doubt you jb, I'm sure the Mobil 1 is a great product - as are Amsoil and Royal Purple in their own right. My problem my friend is I can't buy them north of the border (OK, I could get Royal Purple....but the closest distributor is 85 miles away, and charges $18 a litre). There are Mobil 1 oils sold at my local Wally World, but not what you're recommending. Just check Walmart Canada's website and you'll see what I mean.
Even sourcing the 30 weight VR1 here has become a nightmare. The NAPA's in Toronto (100 miles away) are able to order - at a premium, and it can take up to 3 weeks to get it. My town is only 17,000 people and almost 75% of the items I need to keep my car hobby alive have to be shipped from your beautiful country. Don't even get me started with shipping costs, 13% sales tax, duty, and an ever changing exchange rate. I wish some days I could just drive down to Buffalo, stay the week and get everything that I want to do done at once.......but alas, the wonderful border agents tend to frown on that approach. I really do envy you guys that can call up Summit and have a long block shipped from Miami to Seattle free of charge, that can head to a shopping centre and buy car parts and tools for 1/4 of what it costs us. Don't get me wrong, I still love where I live and I wouldn't trade places with you for anything........but sometimes you just gotta play the cards your dealt as well as you can. Happy motoring.
Even sourcing the 30 weight VR1 here has become a nightmare. The NAPA's in Toronto (100 miles away) are able to order - at a premium, and it can take up to 3 weeks to get it. My town is only 17,000 people and almost 75% of the items I need to keep my car hobby alive have to be shipped from your beautiful country. Don't even get me started with shipping costs, 13% sales tax, duty, and an ever changing exchange rate. I wish some days I could just drive down to Buffalo, stay the week and get everything that I want to do done at once.......but alas, the wonderful border agents tend to frown on that approach. I really do envy you guys that can call up Summit and have a long block shipped from Miami to Seattle free of charge, that can head to a shopping centre and buy car parts and tools for 1/4 of what it costs us. Don't get me wrong, I still love where I live and I wouldn't trade places with you for anything........but sometimes you just gotta play the cards your dealt as well as you can. Happy motoring.
Drifting
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Even sourcing the 30 weight VR1 here has become a nightmare. The NAPA's in Toronto (100 miles away) are able to order - at a premium, and it can take up to 3 weeks to get it. My town is only 17,000 people and almost 75% of the items I need to keep my car hobby alive have to be shipped from your beautiful country. Don't even get me started with shipping costs, 13% sales tax, duty, and an ever changing exchange rate. I wish some days I could just drive down to Buffalo, stay the week and get everything that I want to do done at once.......but alas, the wonderful border agents tend to frown on that approach. I really do envy you guys that can call up Summit and have a long block shipped from Miami to Seattle free of charge, that can head to a shopping centre and buy car parts and tools for 1/4 of what it costs us. Don't get me wrong, I still love where I live and I wouldn't trade places with you for anything........but sometimes you just gotta play the cards your dealt as well as you can. Happy motoring.
Even sourcing the 30 weight VR1 here has become a nightmare. The NAPA's in Toronto (100 miles away) are able to order - at a premium, and it can take up to 3 weeks to get it. My town is only 17,000 people and almost 75% of the items I need to keep my car hobby alive have to be shipped from your beautiful country. Don't even get me started with shipping costs, 13% sales tax, duty, and an ever changing exchange rate. I wish some days I could just drive down to Buffalo, stay the week and get everything that I want to do done at once.......but alas, the wonderful border agents tend to frown on that approach. I really do envy you guys that can call up Summit and have a long block shipped from Miami to Seattle free of charge, that can head to a shopping centre and buy car parts and tools for 1/4 of what it costs us. Don't get me wrong, I still love where I live and I wouldn't trade places with you for anything........but sometimes you just gotta play the cards your dealt as well as you can. Happy motoring.
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From: Timnath, CO
If you want to play it safe and get oil with zinc that is a quality oil and does not cost an arm and a leg, I would go with Mobil one 0 w40 .
It's full synthetic, has excellent cold start flow properties to get oil to critical components fast and is a 40 weight when hot for good hot running protection.
Walmart carries it in a 5 quart jug about $28 or so. Win win!
It's full synthetic, has excellent cold start flow properties to get oil to critical components fast and is a 40 weight when hot for good hot running protection.
Walmart carries it in a 5 quart jug about $28 or so. Win win!
This is what I am using. The European credentials are tough, and a 0W-40 needs PAO base oil to meet the combination of 0W cold crank viscosity and high temperature high shear viscosity.
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I''ve been running Shell Rotella 15W 40 in all of my flat Tappet motored old Corvettes, both Big and small blocks for many years. No motor issues. These oils work and people of the stature of Duke Williams and John Hinckley are people worth listening to
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The motor in my 65 is the original motor (L79 327/350) and was last rebuilt in 1987. Runs as good today as it did in 87. Burns no oil, plenty of power. I drive it and my others alot. They all run great. NO reason to tear them down.
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AMSOIL has two distribution centers in Canada and can direct ship to your house. I have many customers north of the border. AMSOIL Preferred Customer Program also works in Canada.
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Sorry, was offline most of last week and missed this.
AMSOIL has two distribution centers in Canada and can direct ship to your house. I have many customers north of the border. AMSOIL Preferred Customer Program also works in Canada.
AMSOIL has two distribution centers in Canada and can direct ship to your house. I have many customers north of the border. AMSOIL Preferred Customer Program also works in Canada.
Thank you very much for the information, much appreciated. It shows your Z-Rod 10W30 at $10.75 USD ($11.85 CDN) a quart plus shipping. My total for 5 quarts of oil delivered would be over $80. I'm sure you have a great product; but I can get two oil changes for that price with the Valvoline. Thanks again for the information.
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FWIW: I use a "true synthetic", because I have fallen for the marketing ploy that it will break down more slowly while sitting in my crankcase, despite having a degree in Chemical Engineering and not for the life of me being able to figure out why this would be. Given the amount of mileage I drive my car (about 1000 miles per year), I never change my oil more than once per year, and honestly, there has been at least one year when I didn't change it at all due to laziness/didn't really drive the car enough to feel it was warranted etc. Once you fall for that gig, you are paying $10 per quart anyway, so ordering the high ZDDP concentration stuff when I get my case delivered has no incremental cost.
To me, it kind of falls into the same category as the octane rating of the gas I put in the car. I use the highest I can get (93), because to switch to 91 would save me maybe $20 per year. I don't care about the $20, so I have never even tried the 91 octane (which would probably be fine for my car). If the $20 difference between a crankcase full of high quality dino oil and a true synthetic once per year is that big of a deal to you, you might want to think about a different hobby than owing a classic car. Just one man's opinion.
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My original gasket L48 needs neither synthetic motor oil nor premium fuel.......just like yours. If you choose to do either that's your choice. My wallet is just fine, but thanks for caring.