Royal Purple

[SILVIA.K]

Royal purple i think it is the best oil you can get what do you think.

[SilverBoost]

I've used it for a few oil changes. I use Mobil1 now with an additive on top of that. I got over the purple colouring. It was cool for a while.

So why do you think it's the best oil you can get?

[SILVIA.K]

It increases hp
and i can not get past the purple .

[calgarys13]

motul is the pimp shit..if its good enough for gt500 jgtc cars and it smells that great its good enough for me!

[Honda_002]

I dont care what anyone says, you can spend money on fancy oils like royal purple ect, but mobil 1 is the best for sure its been proven, and any half decent knowledegable mechanic will tell you the same. And no oil doesnt increase horse power

[dave5473]

Originally posted by Honda_002
And no oil doesnt increase horse power

Using a better oil (whichever brand) makes for less friction, which makes for less heat which will give you more horsepower, although it wouldnt be noticable gains

[cman]

Mobil 1, no question about it.
Royal purple, amsoil etc. are also good but despite their price still do not perform as well as Mobil 1.

[Mitsu3000gt]

Mobil 1 is what Audi reccomends, it comes from the factory in all Porsches and all Mercedes AMG product. That is good enough for me.

[dave5473]

Originally posted by Honda_002
but mobil 1 is the best for sure its been proven, and any half decent knowledegable mechanic will tell you the same.

http://neptune.spacebears.com/cars/s.../oil-life.html

That is one study that "proves" that amsoil out performs mobil 1.

My opion is that it is mostly all personal preference and experiences. As long as the oil meets the manufacturers specs and grade then it should perform as well as any and a synthetic is better than a conventional oil. I have never noticed any differences in oil performance between brands of oil, every brand has tests that prove them to be the best.

Just my opinion.

[Lo)2enz0]

alright, i am a total newbie when it comes to this cause normally i just bring it to a shop

so do you guys use mobil 1 for tranny fluid???

[Mitsu3000gt]

Alot of people like redline fluids for trannys.

With oil, I don't really think any of the top end synthetics are significantly better than one another in general, but some are better for some specific cars, like 0W40 mobil 1 for alot of german cars. I believe BMW uses castrol synthetic from the factory though.

[wheelz]

Motul is the best look at JGTC. But is expensive. Mobil is good for the money. Royal purple is shit. Its detegents and additives dont mix well with other oils, and can cause big time sludge. Dont mix brands often.

As for it making horsepower that is false. Oil cannot make power. The only way to make power is to add more air, or fuel thats it. It can keep you from loosing power. Running a lighter weight oil will do that.

[Lo)2enz0]

ahh thanks i think i had redline and royal purple mixed up

[cman]

Originally posted by dave5473


http://neptune.spacebears.com/cars/s.../oil-life.html

That is one study that "proves" that amsoil out performs mobil 1.

My opion is that it is mostly all personal preference and experiences. As long as the oil meets the manufacturers specs and grade then it should perform as well as any and a synthetic is better than a conventional oil. I have never noticed any differences in oil performance between brands of oil, every brand has tests that prove them to be the best.

Just my opinion.

Key point being amsoil is not warranty covered!
We did a lab on motor oils at school and my results found mobil 1 to be slightly better than amsoil and purple in terms of cloud point, solid point, flash piont and smoke point.
I doubt it would really make a huge difference though as those were all at extrememes...but for the price difference Mobil 1 is the most affordable.

[sh0ko]

vegatable oil is what i use!

[dodger97]

OMG...you need to add oil???

[ryder_23]

Originally posted by Lo)2enz0
alright, i am a total newbie when it comes to this cause normally i just bring it to a shop

so do you guys use mobil 1 for tranny fluid???

My lude had some tranny issues, tossed in some gm syncromesh and cured it perfectly.

As for oil, I use to use mobil, recently went to royal purple...mainly because for me its way cheaper then mobil. Think my cost ended up being 30.50 for 6L of it...

[Milk2%]

Originally posted by Lo)2enz0
alright, i am a total newbie when it comes to this cause normally i just bring it to a shop

so do you guys use mobil 1 for tranny fluid???

Never use motor oil for tranny oil... Tranny oil is around 75w-30?? around there anyhow...and also a note that gm sycromesh is showen to improve and fix minor problems like synco grindage...but it also is bad in the same part because its basically synthetic oil...its harder on the tranny. But gm sycromesh worked dreams for me...well sorta the grindage left as soon as i changed the factory oil .

[Mitsu3000gt]

Originally posted by wheelz
Motul is the best look at JGTC. But is expensive. Mobil is good for the money. Royal purple is shit. Its detegents and additives dont mix well with other oils, and can cause big time sludge. Dont mix brands often.

As for it making horsepower that is false. Oil cannot make power. The only way to make power is to add more air, or fuel thats it. It can keep you from loosing power. Running a lighter weight oil will do that.

It can't make power, but it can free up existing power that was until then untapped. It would likely be so insignificant that you would need a dyno to see the changes though, nothing you could feel.

[TurboZombie]

Originally posted by Milk2%



Never use motor oil for tranny oil... Tranny oil is around 75w-30?? around there anyhow...and also a note that gm sycromesh is showen to improve and fix minor problems like synco grindage...but it also is bad in the same part because its basically synthetic oil...its harder on the tranny. But gm sycromesh worked dreams for me...well sorta the grindage left as soon as i changed the factory oil .

Some manual trans do use motor oil for the gear box.