What have you done for your Z today?
My new DA did an amazing job, paint looks near-showroom condition even after 9 years. 
01-27-2014, 10:36 AM
#7049
Beautiful day in NC today, so I thought I'd get the Z out. Drove it to church. On the way home I made a left towards the back roads, to have some fun on the twisties. Come to straight away and decide to stretch her legs. Shift down to third rolling around 55 and put it to the floor. RPMs climb to about 4k and then bang, engine falls on its face. I feel a lot of pressure shoot out of the exhaust and it back fires. Something flashes on the speedo but I didn't catch it. Worst case scenarios start rushing through my head. Well, there goes $20 grand. What now? What am I gonna do? I've got it in neutral and it seems to be running ok. Hmmm, I slowly put it in 6th and just cruise for a bit looking at all my monitoring systems available to me. Everything seems to be ok. Then I look down and see I didn't turn off Traction Control. Face palm. Crisis averted!!
01-28-2014, 05:48 AM
#7051
Do me a favor,when you start working and you all decide to "re-engeneer" the valve covers, please dont make em so when a 3 dollar gasket breaks, you need to replace the whole damn cover kthx!
PS if you find said person who designed ^ please end them
Last edited by Z33Garage; 01-28-2014 at 12:44 PM. Reason: wangs
01-28-2014, 05:51 AM
#7052
btw, jelly
because this was my dream job. (automotive design engineer). More of a conceptual design engineer. If I could redo anything in my life, it'd be my schooling. Business field blows.
Last edited by Nismo350z#0310; 01-28-2014 at 05:54 AM.
01-28-2014, 11:46 AM
#7056
You're not going to like it but it's actually a group III oil. Neither PAO or ester. But the used oil analyses are REALLY good. Like, incredibly good.
Rotella oil has been known to go for millions of miles in diesel applications, they modified its formula for passenger cars and turns out the shear resistance was incredible. The oil can take quite a beating and still be perfectly lubricating everything.
It has a ZDDP of 1200 PPM I believe. More than any other oil I've read about... Which is crazy good for lubrication.
Rotella oil has been known to go for millions of miles in diesel applications, they modified its formula for passenger cars and turns out the shear resistance was incredible. The oil can take quite a beating and still be perfectly lubricating everything.
It has a ZDDP of 1200 PPM I believe. More than any other oil I've read about... Which is crazy good for lubrication.
01-28-2014, 11:49 AM
#7057
Better? Probably not. But at $20 for 4qt it will protect your engine every bit as well and not have a problem. If you were looking for an oil that lasts a long time, Mobil 1 ester is probably king but I change my oil every 3k miles anyway so what's the point of buying a full synthetic that lasts 15k miles if I would never push an oil change that far? Depends on what you're looking for in an oil. Oil filters are more important imo
Last edited by zswickliffe; 01-28-2014 at 11:51 AM.
01-28-2014, 11:55 AM
#7058
Better? Probably not. But at $20 for 4qt it will protect your engine every bit as well and not have a problem. If you were looking for an oil that lasts a long time, Mobil 1 ester is probably king but I change my oil every 3k miles anyway so what's the point of buying a full synthetic that lasts 15k miles if I would never push an oil change that far? Depends on what you're looking for in an oil. Oil filters are more important imo
I swap out my amsoil every 7-8k anyway and for now the guy I buy it from gives me a bit of a discount. The bottle says they guaranty the oil to last 25k, yeah I am not willing to put even half of that to the test... I pick up K&N filters and honestly I cannot complain, I cut open the last one for the hell of it and to me it looked like it was doing its job well. For what I can acquire locally it sure does beat the paper filters..
01-28-2014, 11:58 AM
#7059
LOL yeah better
I swap out my amsoil every 7-8k anyway and for now the guy I buy it from gives me a bit of a discount. The bottle says they guaranty the oil to last 25k, yeah I am not willing to put even half of that to the test... I pick up K&N filters and honestly I cannot complain, I cut open the last one for the hell of it and to me it looked like it was doing its job well. For what I can acquire locally it sure does beat the paper filters..
I swap out my amsoil every 7-8k anyway and for now the guy I buy it from gives me a bit of a discount. The bottle says they guaranty the oil to last 25k, yeah I am not willing to put even half of that to the test... I pick up K&N filters and honestly I cannot complain, I cut open the last one for the hell of it and to me it looked like it was doing its job well. For what I can acquire locally it sure does beat the paper filters..
Also: Wal-Mart carries t6 and purolator so it makes purchasing oil change stuff easy.
Last edited by zswickliffe; 01-28-2014 at 11:59 AM.
01-28-2014, 12:02 PM
#7060
Though I will switch to T6 from Castrol F/s on my girls car.
I have a advance auto literally 50 feet from my apartment
and the dude that sells the amsoil lives in my complex
Last edited by Z33Garage; 01-28-2014 at 12:07 PM.