Anyone using royal purple?
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Originally Posted by TheProfessional
shipping on oil is $$$
If I'm not mistaken, its classified as class 3 hazmat and weighs a lot per sq. in.
If I'm not mistaken, its classified as class 3 hazmat and weighs a lot per sq. in.
Originally Posted by 97supratt
LoL...
I remember a few years ago I saw a dyno of a brand new C5 corvette with royal purple fluids, and it gained 9whp and a certain amount of torque on the dyno. After that, I did some research and found royal purple is used in many race engines and it works well in protecting the internals and cylinder linings.
I remember a few years ago I saw a dyno of a brand new C5 corvette with royal purple fluids, and it gained 9whp and a certain amount of torque on the dyno. After that, I did some research and found royal purple is used in many race engines and it works well in protecting the internals and cylinder linings.
It was a LS1: http://www.royalpurple.com/video/video.html Watch the HorsepowerTV Video.
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Originally Posted by Robert_K
It was a LS1: http://www.royalpurple.com/video/video.html Watch the HorsepowerTV Video.
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Amsoil Synthetic Oil is the best on the market. With there filter they claim it's good for like 15k miles. I'd never do that, I change every 3k. But I use Amsoil and there filter and Redline for the tranny.
Originally Posted by mdboy1213
Amsoil Synthetic Oil is the best on the market. With there filter they claim it's good for like 15k miles. I'd never do that, I change every 3k. But I use Amsoil and there filter and Redline for the tranny.
I just had my first oil change with royal purple, and i was a bit of a sceptic at first. It has always made my bikes smoke, however the guys that at cprace told me that run it in everything and have 0 issues.
Originally Posted by TheProfessional
Do you see a huge increase in oil pressure with royal purple like others do with the Mobil 1 full synth?
Originally Posted by mdboy1213
Amsoil Synthetic Oil is the best on the market. With there filter they claim it's good for like 15k miles. I'd never do that, I change every 3k. But I use Amsoil and there filter and Redline for the tranny.
Well I just got done putting in 5 qts Royal Purple 10W-30 and a K&N oil filter. I meant to get some pictures but the batts in the digital are dead.
I never imagined how much of a pain it would be to change the oil in the Z.
Whats with with that plastic panel under the engine that provides perfect access to the oil drain plug BUT WHAT THE HELL!? You have to remove the panel to get to the oil filter!!!!!
I did however make some observations regarding the oil pressure. I probably ought to start another thread to set the record straight.
With my 2006 broke in right, I noted that after 3970mi bone stock with the factory oil and oil filter on the oil meter:
At idle I had less than 30psi
At 2500rpm, I had 60psi
I never saw 90+psi below 5500rpm
After flushing the fluids and installing Royal Purple 10W-30 and a HP1008 K&N oil filter ad allowing the car to idle for 15mins I observed the exact same results.
I would be concerned with high oil pressure with other synthetics.
I never imagined how much of a pain it would be to change the oil in the Z.
Whats with with that plastic panel under the engine that provides perfect access to the oil drain plug BUT WHAT THE HELL!? You have to remove the panel to get to the oil filter!!!!!
I did however make some observations regarding the oil pressure. I probably ought to start another thread to set the record straight.
With my 2006 broke in right, I noted that after 3970mi bone stock with the factory oil and oil filter on the oil meter:
At idle I had less than 30psi
At 2500rpm, I had 60psi
I never saw 90+psi below 5500rpm
After flushing the fluids and installing Royal Purple 10W-30 and a HP1008 K&N oil filter ad allowing the car to idle for 15mins I observed the exact same results.
I would be concerned with high oil pressure with other synthetics.
There are other, more knowledgable threads on this topic with very comprehensive discussions and specifications for all the oils discussed here. I suggest some searching and reading up, rather than trying to re-invent the wheel in this thread.
Originally Posted by ReV2Red
You can use any good tranny fluid for the gearbox and diff, as long as its IS a GL 5. If it is GL 4, it will eat away your synchros!!!
Thats what it was, syncros.
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Originally Posted by ReV2Red
You can use any good tranny fluid for the gearbox and diff, as long as its IS a GL 5. If it is GL 4, it will eat away your synchros!!!
BTW Royal Purple's Max Gear gear oil complies to both the GL-4 and GL-5 specs...
I use RP for everything...
I'm using royal purple in the diff and the tranny..
Can't say I notice any huge difference from the nissan factory gear oils EXCEPT when the temp is freezing outside, the fluid seems to take a little longer to warm up (shifting is very notchy until it does).. i assume the diff is probably the same way.. but there is no way to tell
--mike
Can't say I notice any huge difference from the nissan factory gear oils EXCEPT when the temp is freezing outside, the fluid seems to take a little longer to warm up (shifting is very notchy until it does).. i assume the diff is probably the same way.. but there is no way to tell
--mike
