Synthetic vs Regular Oil
Safety Car
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From: St Marys GA
And my LT-4 says 5w30 on the oil cap. Use Mobil 1 full synthetic, whatever viscosity your manual/engine suggests.
Le Mans Master
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From: Magnolia Mississippi
St. Jude '03-'04-'05-'06-'07
Try using the search function for all your new user questions... there are answers here for all... and lay off the oil questions... research will yeld the results
Burning Brakes
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From: New Port Richey Florida
As you can see you hit a nerve with another oil question, lot's of opinions. I use 10w30 mobil 1 synthetic in my L98, but I am in warm climate. I would suggest using what your owners manual says. JMHO
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Safety Car
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Melting Slicks
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From: Warwick RI
Don't take it personally
If everyone used search there would be nothing to read. You can spend weeks researching which oil to use and find absolute proof of nothing. It seems to be opinion.
At 6K a year you could use old cooking oil and probably get a couple of years out of it
I am trying to say "welcome aboard" and use whatever oil YOU are comfortable with. They are all slippery
If everyone used search there would be nothing to read. You can spend weeks researching which oil to use and find absolute proof of nothing. It seems to be opinion.
At 6K a year you could use old cooking oil and probably get a couple of years out of it
I am trying to say "welcome aboard" and use whatever oil YOU are comfortable with. They are all slippery
7th Gear
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One word Road & Track
Road & track has an article from a couple of years ago. I'll let you find the article but, one of the interesting point is they dynoed the car with synthetic and regular oil and found that you get 4-5 Hp by going with synthetic over regular oil.
Safety Car
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From: St Marys GA
Just click the "Archive" box, and select the overall "C4" forum in the right hand pane. Then search for whatever you need, and you should get pretty good results.
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I think it's important to remember that we were all 'newbies' once. If this is to remain the best forum going, then be kind to the new members. We could beat dead horses on a great many subjects and we have.