Oil? you do the math

[89 Gary]

I very highly recommend synthetic oils as they flow well in cold weather and can be safely changed at 5k mile intervals, and engine wear is at least as good as non synthetic! Assuming 25k miles a year here's how it lays out. Non-Synt $1.50 a quart x 5=$7.50 +$10 filter =$17.50 x 8 changes =$140. Synt $4.50 x 5=$22.50 +$10 ftilter=$32.50 x 5 changes =$162.50 difference of $22.50 AND you don't have to change oil 3 times and less "waste" and better protection. Even Click & Clack say at least 5000m Have a nice day!

[This message has been edited by 89 Gary (edited 11-02-2001).]

 

[sdpatt]

When your engine makes it to a quarter of a million miles with those 5,000 mile change intervals, please let me know. I'm curious to know if it works, but I'm not willing to test it on my engine.

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Scott

1991, 252K miles, glass hood, police grill, SVO shifter, Catz fogs,
K&N, 73mm MAF, Superchip, PP Y-pipe, Borla cat-back, 190 lph pump
Eibach/Tokico/polyurethane, SHO Shop front & rear strut braces,
16x7.5" Moda R1, 225/55ZR16 Bridgestone RE730, -1 deg camber x 4,
Class II hitch, Silver award at the SHOklahoma Car Show

 

[89 Gary]

Scott my friend, my 89 had 190k miles on it when it "succumed" due to "we think" a head gasket gone bad which allowed oil/coolant into a cylinder and then KABOOM. Just before that occurrence we had performed a leakdown/compression test and it was like new. I run my sho to redline every day and have always used Mobil 1 in all my vehicles. My 89 now has 256k miles (second engine has 126k mlles). When we partially took apart the Kaboomed engine it was wicked clean with no varnish, etc. and ran strong until death.

 

[waddsn1060]

Originally posted by 89 Gary:
Even Click & Clack say at least 5000m Have a nice day!

[This message has been edited by 89 Gary (edited 11-02-2001).]

Someone sure listens to car talk!!! Great show, just great. Michael Feldman is also histarical, and yes, I have done the quiz.



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91 BLACK MTX

DYNOED ON DYNOJET: 199.6HP; Est 235 at crank
187.1LB/FT; Est 220 at crank
CENTERFORCE CLUTCH,GRIZZLY PAW THROWOUT BEARING,EIBACH SPRINGS,TOKICO STRUTS,BORLA CATBACK, SHO SHOP HI FLOW Y-PIPE, SUPERCHIP,K&N PANEL FILTER,73MM MAF, BOXLESS,SVO ROD SHIFTER, CUSTOM FRONT AND REAR STRUT TOWER BRACES,PP MOTOR MOUNTS, CRAP TINTS, PIAA 1500XT FOGS, POLICE GRILL,
SONY XPLOD CDX M-620 RECEIVER
Dunlop SP 5000 Asymetrical 225/55/WR16
PLATES: SHO GN 91
AIM:waddsn1060

**WINTER PROJECT: Cold Air Intake**

 

[olympic]

The amsoil guys are getting 20k+ miles from the oil and 12K from the filters. With the dual remote bypass filters you can go much further. If I drove huge amounts of hiway miles I'd look into it. Would I do it to an SHO?? Probably not.

 

[JimN696]

What if the car sits a lot? Do you wait 5 months to change the oil if you've only driven, say 2000 miles?

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Red 94 ATX, all options, bone stock.

 

[89 Gary]

Oil does not deteriorate over time, but over usage.

 

[rlw001]

Originally posted by waddsn1060:
Someone sure listens to car talk!!! Great show, just great. Michael Feldman is also histarical, and yes, I have done the quiz.

They crack me up, Click and Clack "The Tappet Brothers".

Michael Feldman, "What do you know" is also great. I like those "cold calls" to the city of the week, sometimes the people can't think of anything remarkable in their town.

NPR rocks!