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04-13-2019, 09:45 AM | #1 |
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Engine oil recommendation for lightly modified n54
What engine oil should I use for my car?
It only has a few mods including upgraded Intercooler, charge pipe, MHD Stage 1+ , and XHP stage 2. I heard that 5w40 might be a good choice? I was thinking may be Castrol Edge 5w40 is fairly affordable. Thought? |
04-13-2019, 03:06 PM | #8 |
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The only stuff I run is WD40 because the 40 stands for 40W oil and our cars do not take anything less than that.
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04-13-2019, 05:47 PM | #9 |
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Castrol 5w30 C3
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04-13-2019, 06:05 PM | #10 | |
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Amsoil, Redline, Royal Purple, Motul, Liqui Moly in a 5w-40 weight. I'd also change it out every 5000 to 7500 miles with an engine oil flush. A clean engine is a happy engine. I'd also run a catch can and a Rob Beck PCV valve & Cap and change the check valve/ hose every 50,000 miles. |
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04-13-2019, 07:18 PM | #11 |
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Rosetta t6 5w40, bought the 2.5gal for 55 bucks at walmart and I add in Polydyn TX-7, change it every 4k miles.
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04-15-2019, 02:39 AM | #12 |
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I just sent a 3000 mile sample of Redline 5W-30 to Blackstone with TBN. I'm going to compare this to PUP and see how it performs with running E85 on a full time basis
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04-18-2019, 06:16 PM | #15 |
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04-19-2019, 07:26 PM | #16 |
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Schaeffer Oil Supreme 9000 5w40 or Motul Xcess 8100 5w40.
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"This sample is pretty good overall. Most metals are steady if not just a little improved. Iron is the exception: it went up despite this being a shorter interval (and without any track use on the oil). Not exactly the perfect trend (normally iron improves on shorter/easier runs), but it's not necessarily out of line enough to think it's a problem, either. And it's not like a 2 ppm increase is an awful lot in the grand scheme of things. We'll watch it, of course, but for now, we're still considering this a good report. The TBN was strong at 4.1 (1.0 is low). Try 5,000 miles this time."
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04-21-2019, 01:45 PM | #19 |
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Regular oil 10w-30 will do. It's only $2.00 a quart. Quaker State!!!!😜
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