Oils
Safety Car
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From: Ashland, OH
Race Director
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- what weight? just bought a new generator, and it's due for the initial oil change. I tend to use straight 30 weight on small air cooled engines, so I was thinking 30 weight synthetic. the only thing I've found in quarts, is royal purple 30 weight synthetic. my next choice would be mobil 1 10W30 synthetic.
Race Director
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From: SCMR Rat Pack'r Charter Member..Great Bend KS
One of the lab techs at Blackstone told me he uses Wal-Mart Super Tech synthetic in his vehicles.
I've been using Super Tech in my cars, trucks, and garden tractors for decades. It claims to exceed the GM4718M spec for the 1996 C4 Corvette. It's cheap and protects just as well as the Red Line or Royal Purple, according to Blackstone.
Last edited by rocco16; Sep 27, 2017 at 09:14 AM.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Apr 2009
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From: Charlotte Michigan
I put in AMSOIL last year wit there Ea filter for upto 24,000 mile interval oil change. Have about 4000 miles on it and the oil looks brand new. I have a oil kit to have it tested but will wait until next spring to do it. By than it will have 8 to 10,000 miles on it plus see if moisture was a problem over a second winter.
Instructor
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From: Long Island NY
- what weight? just bought a new generator, and it's due for the initial oil change. I tend to use straight 30 weight on small air cooled engines, so I was thinking 30 weight synthetic. the only thing I've found in quarts, is royal purple 30 weight synthetic. my next choice would be mobil 1 10W30 synthetic.
Instructor
Joined: May 2015
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From: prince george bc
any synthetic would be good as others have said, the only synthetic i avoid is royal purple (unless you are using their XPR oil)
ive had a bad experience with royal purples diff oil, its burned up after 100 laps in my racecar where cheap quaker state didnt. however the XPR racing oil seems to be of a very high quality and works well in our race engine but is very very costly
thats just my experience there.
ive had a bad experience with royal purples diff oil, its burned up after 100 laps in my racecar where cheap quaker state didnt. however the XPR racing oil seems to be of a very high quality and works well in our race engine but is very very costly
thats just my experience there.
