/steps on to soapbox/ Three types of oil: Mineral, Parafin, and Synthetic
In order of Lubricity: Mineral, Parafin, and Synthetic In order of how long the lubricity lasts: Synthetic, Parafin, and Mineral If you change your oil and filter frequently, any oil is okay. Synthetic allows for longer duration between oil changes and that is all. Quaker State is considered a Mineral oil base. Just about every other non-synthetic is parafin based. Oils, even good ol' Walmart Supertech are controlled by an SAE spec. This is the letter revision that is recommended by each car manufacturer. Not sure what letter spec they are on now...maybe SG? If you ask me, Mobil One probably paid Shelby to be labeled as a must. /gets off soap box/ Sorry guys, but I needed to pontificate. Oh, I think pepboys has a special on Mobil One now. Buy three get three free...$2.33/quart. Probably the best price you can get on Mobile One. You need a coupon from there calendar for the deal. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Brian Schulteis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 21:35:50 -0800 Subject: Re: SD> castrol oil To: Steven Climo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: sdml <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You can run whatever oil you want in your car. It is YOUR car. Unless I was breaking a freshly rebuilt engine in, I would not run Castrol or any other dinosaur oil in my car. Synthetic isn't just a good idea in a turbo engine, it's the ONLY way to go. Stick to big name brands too, as many "synthetics" are not TRUE synthetic base stock. Mobil 1 (Shelby recommended it..), Amsoil, Royal Purple (heard it's made by the Amsoil people, I see no proof of that), Redline... Good stuffs. And you should not run the stock oil filter for these engines either, it's a joke, even on an N/A version of our cars. The 318 V8 filter fits great, and the Ford 302 V8 filter might fit. -- Brian J. Schulteis Bremerton, Washington '85 Shelby Charger (resto project 25% done) '88 Chrysler Lebarron Convertible (J body) '88 Daytona Pacifica (Intercooled 2.5L daily driver) On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 22:49:36 -0500, Steven Climo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is castrol oil okay to run in my 90 shelby vnt? does anyone know who makes > wal-marts super tech motor oil? (not that i would use it in my shelby,but > maybe my other cars) -----------------------REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING---------------------------- Questions? Visit http://www.sdml.org/ To be removed, visit http://www.sdml.org/pages/leave.html -----------------------REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING---------------------------- Questions? Visit http://www.sdml.org/ To be removed, visit http://www.sdml.org/pages/leave.html
