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Royal Purple oil? |
Bleyseng |
Jul 13 2005, 08:12 AM
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Aircooled Baby! Group: Members Posts: 13,035 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Seattle, Washington (for now) Member No.: 24 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Who is using it? How does it perform?
site to order is here http://www.karlracing.com/html/motor_oil.html or is there a cheaper site?? |
Jake Raby |
Jul 13 2005, 08:14 AM
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Engine Surgeon Group: Members Posts: 9,394 Joined: 31-August 03 From: Lost Member No.: 1,095 Region Association: South East States |
Recommended for ALL RAT engines after the 2,000 mile break in....
It's in every car I own.. It did better in my oil test a few years ago than anything else- coolest oil temps and best efficiency! Those guys have it for 100 bucks for 5 Gallons- thats a smokin deal! |
tat2dphreak |
Jul 13 2005, 08:15 AM
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stoya, stoya, stoya Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,797 Joined: 6-June 03 From: Wylie, TX Member No.: 792 Region Association: Southwest Region |
it's cheaper than that at Pepboys... $4.99 I think per quart.
I think Jake has used RP and really likes it. |
URY914 |
Jul 13 2005, 08:17 AM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 120,944 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
Jake, which weight do you use?
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Joe Ricard |
Jul 13 2005, 08:17 AM
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CUMONIWANNARACEU Group: Members Posts: 6,811 Joined: 5-January 03 From: Gautier, MS Member No.: 92 |
I would say that's a pretty good price. Jeg's is more I think.
I was buying Red line from Advance Auto (FLAPS) until they stopped carrying it. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif) about 6 bucks a quart. |
Robert21 |
Jul 13 2005, 08:29 AM
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ron21 Group: Members Posts: 288 Joined: 9-July 04 From: Seal Beach Ca 90630 Orange co Member No.: 2,330 Region Association: None |
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/flag.gif) after i read about it from jake, I tryed it and my oil temperature went down
10 degrees. Got it at Pepboys . so far so good. in sunny calif Robert21 |
cnavarro |
Jul 13 2005, 11:27 AM
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Cylinder Guru Group: Members Posts: 472 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Chicagoland! Member No.: 49 Region Association: None |
I have used royal purple in all my water cooled cars since about 1995 (when I got my learners permit and in turn had to do the maintainence on the cars). When I get a chance, I'm switching all my other vehicles (aircooled and old, old watercooled) to RP (waiting since I do extended drain intervals on the current synthetics i'm running).
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anthony |
Jul 13 2005, 12:16 PM
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2270 club Group: Benefactors Posts: 3,107 Joined: 1-February 03 From: SF Bay Area, CA Member No.: 218 |
Jake, is your oil test online somwhere? I'm wondering how Royal Purple did against the other usual synthetics like Mobil1 or Valvoline Synthetic. |
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Jake Raby |
Jul 13 2005, 01:33 PM
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Engine Surgeon Group: Members Posts: 9,394 Joined: 31-August 03 From: Lost Member No.: 1,095 Region Association: South East States |
Mobil 1 is horrible in a TIV, the only thing I saw that was worse was Amsoil. This isn't a 911 engine!
Amsoil and Mobil 1 were both spanked to death by Castrol GTX dino oil!!! The second best oil was Valvoline full synthetic- I sometimes use it in my bus and have had good results with the same temp yields as the Royal Purple. All my test data has been removed from the web, thanks to (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/stromberg.gif) ! Never to be shared for free again. |
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