Played with Oil lately?

Oh BABY, Now We Talking...

http://www.royalpurple.com/

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This is the tech-sheet for it. There have been independant studies that have found all their claims are true. It was designed by a "Chemical Enginerre who's specialty was industrial lubricant" It's his lifes work and quite remarkable. Basically. The Metal Protection is off the scale and the breakdown point is also off the scale. At $9.00 per L it's the most expensive, but who cares if it saves your motor how much it is...

Royal Purple strives to produce lubricants that provide the highest level of performance available on the market today. Because Royal Purple's sole focus is to create state-of-the-art lubricants it develops products that significantly outperform in laboratory settings and more importantly, in the field.

Many view lubricants as a commodity, where low price and service issues dominate purchasing decisions. Therefore, oil companies seeking large market share have a great incentive to keep manufacturing costs low and little incentive to dispel the myth and upgrade the quality of their lubricants.

Royal Purple, however, recognizes that lubricants are not commodities. Reliable equipment operation critically depends upon the quality of the lubricant used. Lubricant performance directly and significantly affects how long, how reliable, how efficient and at what cost (i.e. parts, labor, downtime, number of oil changes and energy costs) your equipment will operate. For instance, lubrication-related failures account for 54 percent of all bearing failures.

The key to Royal Purple's ability to outperform leading synthetic-based and mineral-based oils is Synerlec, the cornerstone of Royal Purple's entire line of products. Synerlec is Royal Purple's proprietary, lubricant additive technology that strengthens the oil film to provide extra protection and performance.

Summary of Customer Benefits:

High Film Strength
Royal Purple's lubricants are up to 700 percent stronger than other synthetic oils.

Reduced wear and downtime.
Improved equipment life and reliability.
Lower operating temperatures.
Reduced part replacement.
Reduced bearing and equipment vibrations.
Reduced maintenance costs.

Longer Oil Life
Royal Purple's lubricants last up to 400 percent longer than other synthetic oils.

Outstanding Corrosion Protection

Royal Purple's lubricants provide greater protection than traditional circulating and EP oils.

Uniquely combines both high film strength and outstanding rust and corrosion protection into one oil.

Excellent Demulsibility.
Royal Purple's lubricants save equipment and oil changes by rapidly and completely separating from water.

Proprietary additive technologies protect in wet environments by displacing harmful water from metal surfaces.

Rapidly and completely separates from water and does not emulsify with water.

High Cleanliness.
Royal Purple's bearing and hydraulic oils are typically 200 times cleaner than conventional lubricants delivered in steel drums or by bulk delivery.


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It occurred to us that we've yet to run a test with Royal Purple oil that didn't result in a power gainit might be a marginal gain (as with our little Acura Integra), but it's a gain. We've also torn down some of our dyno engines that have been seriously abused, but with Royal P in the pan, the bearings have looked new. So consider this an approval of the company's line of synthetic lubricants with Synerlec. We also like the spray lubricant, and while we can't document any improvements thanks to synthetic wheel-bearing grease, it makes us feel like we're doing the right thing when we pack bearings with that stuff, too. David Freiburger, Hot Rod Magazine

500 LB-FT Small Block in Six Easy Steps Hot Rod Magazine
This time it's a quest for torque. Luckily, we got horsepower as a bonus...Royal Purple bought us 7 hp and 10 lb-ft. Combined with the extra engine protection and heat resistance, this is a no-brainer.

Engine Masters
For the third year running, Royal Purple synthetic motor oil was the oil of choice for the winner of the Popular Hot Rodding Engine Masters Challenge. This years 3rd annual competition saw 50 engine builders vying for up to $100,000with the top three finishers all using Royal Purple products.

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Holy s***, With that kind of testamony, why would you run anything but... 8)
 
Brian MP5T said:
Any Other Questions?

No, but here's some additional information. Castrol Syntec Full Synthetic Motor Oil is NOT a synthetic oil.

The American Petroleum Institute (API) recognizes five classes of base stocks from which engine oil is derived. Groups I, II and III are petroleum base stocks derived from crude oil. Groups IV (the Polyalphaolefins-PAO's) and V (the Polyol esters) are both synthetic base stocks. A true synthetic oil is composed of synthesized hydrocarbons built up from either Group IV or Group V basestocks.

Sometime around 1997, Castrol eliminated the PAO base stock from Syntec and replaced it with hydrocracked Groups II and III petroleum base stocks. Currently, Castrol Syntec contains absolutely no constituents from synthetic base stocks.

How is it possible for Castrol to legally market Syntec as a synthetic oil even though it's not? After Castrol changed its formula, Mobil, the manufacturer of Mobil 1 which is a true synthetic PAO based oil, complained to the National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business Bureaus. Castrol argued that hydrocracked oils provide similar properties to PAO's and the NAD ultimately concluded that the new Syntec could be considered a synthetic oil. If you want the complete explanation of this interesting case, go to:
www.caranddriver.com/article.asp?section_id=27&article_id=3631

As a result, hydrocracked oils, such as Syntec, can be marketed as full synthetics even though they contain no constituents derived from synthetic base stocks. Also note that there is no requirement to list an oils constituents on its container. Since Castrol Syntec is a high quality oil in its own right, you might ask why this is important? First, it costs about half as much to produce a hydrocracked engine oil as a PAO based oil yet Castrol charges synthetic oil prices-clearly a rip-off. Second, true synthetic oils have certain desirable properties that are absent from mineral oils, even hydrocracked ones. Third, the question of truth in advertising. A company ought to be honest about the products it sells.

Oils that I know to be true synthetics based on their listed constituents:
Amsoil and Mobil 1 (PAO based)
Red Line (ester based)
Motul, certain types (ester based)
 
goldstar interesting stuff, so... castrol = crap? or just castrol = crap advertisement but still performs alright? ive been using castol syntec blend, recently decided to go "full synthetic" er not "full sythetic" (eyeballs) o well

anyway i have 1 question acutally
i have someo f the blend and "fully sythetic" left over(both castrol syntec). would there be problems if i used them mixed? i havn't just in case... probably a retarded question to u guys but i have no idea so figured i'd ask
 
awsmp5 said:
goldstar interesting stuff, so... castrol = crap? or just castrol = crap advertisement but still performs alright? ive been using castol syntec blend, recently decided to go "full synthetic" er not "full sythetic" (eyeballs) o well

anyway i have 1 question acutally
i have someo f the blend and "fully sythetic" left over(both castrol syntec). would there be problems if i used them mixed? i havn't just in case... probably a retarded question to u guys but i have no idea so figured i'd ask

Castrol Syntec isn't crap, its a high quality oil but NOT a true synthetic oil. It's their advertising and marketing that are crap.

It's perfectly alright to mix synthetic and non-synthetic oils, the only disadvantage being that the beneficial synthetic properties are reduced through dilution. No harm will occur to the engine, however. After you use up the remainder of your present oil, it would be best to go with either a high quality mineral oil or a true synthetic as synthetic blends are a waste of money. That is, blends have few advantages over mineral oils but cost a lot more.
 

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