What oil are you using?

[Pro-touring towncar]

I am just curious on what oil you are using in your PT cars.

Std Dead dino
Synthetic blend
Full synthetic
Other.

feel free to post wieght Etc.

Tim

[rocketman]

Royal Purple in all the toys and Qauker state in all the Dd's

[Steve1968LS2]

Torco Synthetic 10-30

[trapin]

I plan to use Amsoil 100% synthetic. I have been using it for years in my cars and I love it. My boat had a 120 Force "mix" engine on it and I used Amsoil 100% synthetic 2 cycle oil in it. One quart did 24 gallons of gas and that motor burned clean and ran like a champ for all the 9 years that I owned it. I swear by the stuff.

[JEFFTATE]

Standard Dead Dino here.

Valvoline 10/30 with GM Engine Oil Supplement in the Camaro.
Exxon 5/30 Drive Clean in the S10 2.2 liter .
Exxon 10/30 Drive Clean in the Dodge Ram 1500 5.2 liter .

[69Pony]

Winter - 10W40 dino oil since I only drive it very infrequently then.

Spring thru Fall - Mobil1 15W50 synthetic. A bit thicker for those hot summer days.

For my daily drivers:

2002 CRV - 5w20 dino (145k miles on the POS)
2005 Tacoma - 5W30 Mobil1 synthetic

[stealth71]

Amsoil for the DD's. Changing it once a year is great.

0w30 German Castrol for the LSx in the Chevelle, when she's finally running.

[jackfrost]

Royal Purple in my junk.

although I would use Amsoil as well. or really, any top of the line synthetic.

[wedgehead]

for my car with flat tappet cams I use Rotella. On my roller cam cars I use synthetic oil.

[Tony@AirRideTech]

Mobile 1 Synthetic on any of my vehicles that matter....

[Roadrage David]

Im a dealer and user of Brad penn 10w30 raceing oil winter and 20w50 racing oil(The Green Oil) in the summer. 90% dino 10% syn.. best blend of zddp,s presend and you can blend the 2 oils to your own wishes.... http://www.bradpennracing.com/ http://www.amref.com/bp_pb/7115_17_19_26_7150_BP_PENN-GRADE_1_Racing_Oils_PB.pdf

[Rubes]

Rotella T in my GTO.

In my DD whatever is handy. I go 4 to 5K betwewen changes, and that is every 3 months anyway. I even use Fram filters which are supposed to cause your motor to instantly disintigrate if you read all the "reports" on the web. It has 175K and still has 45psi hot idleing and 80psi driving down the road oil pressure.

[CHILI442]

for my car with flat tappet cams I use Rotella. On my roller cam cars I use synthetic oil.

Yup!

[CHILI442]

I even use Fram filters which are supposed to cause your motor to instantly disintigrate if you read all the "reports" on the web. It has 175K and still has 45psi hot idleing and 80psi driving down the road oil pressure.

Last week my cousin almost lost an engine to a Fram. Keep using those things if you want, but I've heard the rumors and now I've witnessed it first hand. Those things are junk.

Sorry to hijack the thread.

[motorheadmike]

MCSS: Any 20w-50 dino-base I can find... used to see full synthetic before the motor got tired;
Buick: Valvoline 20w-50 VR1 Racing Oil easier to get than the Brad Penn oil;
LS1 Camaro: German Castrol Syntec 0w-30;
Z28: Regular Castrol Syntec 5w-30 from Costco and I think I peed in there once.

[BonzoHansen]

for my car with flat tappet cams I use Rotella. On my roller cam cars I use synthetic oil.
I thought using rotella was really only an issue on cam break in due to the zinc content. No?

[BADNBLK]

Amsoil in the camaro, and a Bulk 76 brand syn. blend in the others.

[Steve Chryssos]

Redline Oil full synthetic from bumper to bumper. Engine-Trans-Rear-Radiator.

[mburrow]

I've had good luck with Castrol 20/50 in my 355 70 Camaro year round here in Central Texas. 3,000 mile reg. changes. Aluminum heads and intake and the roller rockers look great after 25,000 miles.

[jeff s]

Mostly Mobil 1 or royal purple.
Gear lube too.
BTW, My shop truck had Mobil 1 since new, now has 267,000 miles on the vortec 350, never been apart, not even a timing chain or valve job.

[carguy502]

mobil 1 or royal purple.

[shmoov69]

Pretty much Penzoil dyno oil and usually Slick 50 when they get some miles on them. Used it in a 90 Chevy pickup and it was still running strong at 450,000 when I sold it. When I took the top end off (blown head gasket at 420,000) it looked like any 50,000 mile engine in it. But at that point it was a science project and I just changed the head gaskets ONLY and put it back together! BTW, this was after it "locked up" and would not even turn over hot when I lost all the coolant and had to drive to the next exit to get off the interstate! It started up the next morning to pull it on the trailer.
Sold me!

[NOT A TA]

Amsoil

[69rs]

Royal Purple 10/40. K&N Filter. Oil change costs more than my junk is worth!

[megaladon6]

vw tdi gets mobil 1 5w-40. it used to be truck and suv but they keep changing the name on it.
i'm not sure what i'm going to use in the monte, right now it's regular valvoline vr-1 for the ZDDP content. i want to run synthetic, but there are too many questions with the flat tappet cam.

[68sixspeed]

Rotella on the camaro with a little bottle of zinc additive; mobil-1 ext. performance on the vette. They've even reduced the zinc content some on the Rotella from what my engine builder says due to epa, so the additive is cheap insurance. Interesting that I had ring seal issues using synthetic oil on the camaro, after re-ringing I went to Rotella, it seems to like dino oil better or maybe it's the zinc?

[Yelcamino]

Redline sythetic.

When it's time to change the Vette's oil I'll probably go with Mobil 1.

[67rsssls]

I always use standard oil on a new engine for the first 2 oil changes (after 30 min break-in and again at 500 miles). After that I use Mobil 1 in all of my cars and trucks.

Steve

[rich_fbodySS]

Mobile 1 in wife's and my daily drivers (S10 Blazer & Buick Roadmaster)
Redline in 72 & 92 Camaros & 70 Nova.

-Rich-

[moreHP]

Standard issue liquid dino for me. Valvoline 10w-40 in just about everything I own. I also use it in a work truck with a 4.3 chevy V-6 and it has 290K miles on it and the valve cover has never even been off.

[TonyHuntimer]

I was running Redline forever, but now I'm running Joe Gibbs Hot Rod Oil. Those of you running low zinc oil (of the shelf auto parts oils) on flat-tappet cams are asking for less lift and duration. Most all oil companies have removed almost all the zinc in the last two years to meet environmental regulations...and most cars on the road these days don't have flat tappet cams anyway...except for us hot rodders. Zinc isn't just for breaking in cams.

Tony Huntimer
RaceHome.com

[bwhinnen]

Not that it is PT but Castrol Edge 10w60 in my Subaru WRX that has a bit of work done to it... :)

[s10kool]

wow i guess i am the only one who is using BG fluids in all my rides, even the wifes mini van. it is the best in my mind

BG 0w30 hi-low w/ MOA
BG fully syn trans W/ ATC
BG syn gear W/lsII
BG syn p/s
BG dot 4
BG 44k every 15k and BG cf5 every oil change

maybe should try sometime and compare i really think alot of you will love BG products

bgprod.com
bgams.com
allaboutthefluids.com

[Turbo Rob]

I was running Redline forever, but now I'm running Joe Gibbs Hot Rod Oil. Those of you running low zinc oil (of the shelf auto parts oils) on flat-tappet cams are asking for less lift and duration. Most all oil companies have removed almost all the zinc in the last two years to meet environmental regulations...and most cars on the road these days don't have flat tappet cams anyway...except for us hot rodders. Zinc isn't just for breaking in cams.

Tony Huntimer
RaceHome.com

I'm with Tony on this one - Joe Gibbs Hot Rod oil for my 50K mile 3.8 turbo with flat tappet camshaft.

[Ihav1]

same here .. Pennzoil with slick 50 has always treated me right with no sludge or problems when torn down.

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1967 Camaro SS-RS LT-1

[megaladon6]

has anyone here run a flat tappet on synthetic without any problems? i mean after break-in.

[MonzaRacer]

Went to Mobil 1 in roller 350 way back when till it started consuming a little them went back to rotella T 15w40.
Broke new roller engine(same cam and lifter ) in on shell Rotella than switched over to 5w40 Kendal synthetic , then when I left Firestone(could get syn for 3 bucks a qt) went to the new Shell Rotella %w40 synthetic and even with max rod and main clearance (from polishing the crank) it will runn 60 psi hot down road and 35 to 40 idling .
My new 06 Buel Blast wil get 20w50 synthetic HD oil nad when the new 283 is together for the Monza it will have a fresh start on Rotella dino oil then go to the Rotella syn.

[nicks67camaro]

lubro moly 10w-40 and MOS2 oil addative

[68sixspeed]

I saw some cranks destroyed out of busch north cars last year on Mobil-1; same motors running Gibbs oil were fine. It sounds like the Mobil-1 is not what it use to be; I went to the extended performance version on my vette just since they recommend mobil-1 still on those and doing some reading on the vette forums; but after ring-seal issues on the camaro it's back to dyno oil; fyi, I found a link on the zinc additive- I run it even on a roller cam, figure it can't hurt, and is good for the rings too. http://www.zddplus.com/

[ssdeuce]

My Chevy II and Z06 gets Mobil 1 my truck gets Castrol.
I've been thinking about running this. http://www.joegibbsracingoil.com/hotrod/index.html

[Roadrage David]

I saw some cranks destroyed out of busch north cars last year on Mobil-1; same motors running Gibbs oil were fine. It sounds like the Mobil-1 is not what it use to be; I went to the extended performance version on my vette just since they recommend mobil-1 still on those and doing some reading on the vette forums; but after ring-seal issues on the camaro it's back to dyno oil; fyi, I found a link on the zinc additive- I run it even on a roller cam, figure it can't hurt, and is good for the rings too. http://www.zddplus.com/

For the first time i see the pro-touring comunety walk a little behind when it comes to oil!!!. http://www.bradpennracing.com/ shell rotella and zddp,s where a temperaly PATCH for the bad syntetic oils these days. the trend today is to go back to dino oil ore at least a big part of it. brad penn raceing oil today is the very best out there. do a google check ..

[Ihav1]

I see the Joe Gibbs oil is $10.00 a quart plus shipping if you have to order it ,, is that what your spending on other high end oils ?
My car takes 10 qts to change the oil, and while i would like to put the best available and affordable in my car , I have been very happy with the Pennzoil and slick 50 for many years..

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1967 Camaro SS-RS LT-1

[megaladon6]

but the PENN is a racing oil. they're not usually designed for 3-6k mile changes on a driver. and i think you missed where they say they use ZDDP. so there really isn't much difference between the penn and the other ZDDP oils.

[Roadrage David]

wel i beg to differ sir!!.
the diferense is that its 90% dino oil in contrary to syntetic oils , withs imidiatly drops to the bottom of your pan when engine is shut of , Becuase the brad penn mineral based oil klings as no other oil to the internal moveing parts!!!. and it wil last just as long as ""regular"" oil. ofcours the more hp the shorter it lasts LIKE any other oil.
but tests hase shown it out lasts nearly all other oils when it comes to high perf engines. also Gastrol racing oil (publick secred)is yes BLENDED and Produced in bradford pensilvania aka Brad Penn oil . cause Castrol thusend have its own refinery .(forgive my spelling), so altho its there own resepy its made out of the the pensilvanis grude base oil!. last but not least Brad Penn ,s regular automotif oils are based on that same grude base oil as is the racing oil. so durabilety is not a question here.............

[megaladon6]

first, don't call me sir, i work for a living. and i was enlisted not some college boy occifer :)
sorry i couldn't resist.
according to every manufacturer i've seen, their synthetic oil does "stick" to the engine components, creating a protective layer for start up.
i'm going to guess that penn crude is "light sweet crude" which makes it easier to refine, and in the origins of fuel and motor oil would have made for an easier to refine and better product. that was a long, long time ago. but the whole "pennsylvania crude" thing is now a myth. the way oil is refind and engineered these days, even the worst crude can make the best oil.

[Roadrage David]

Again i beg to differ sir(i could not resist eather hahahaahh) .
Facts are what they are do a google sirts and find out .ps your familier with the old Kendal gt1 race oil !!!

[tones2SS]

Mobil 1 synthetic in both the LS1 Camaro and daily driver truck.

[Pro-touring towncar]

Well since I started this I will post my usages:

Mobil 1 5-20 in the mariner
Motorcraft 10-30 syn blend in the Explorer & town car (until rebuild)
Castrol 5-30 in the Burb
Royal purple 20-50 in the Harleys

[MonzaRacer]

Big thing with Mobil ! cars having issues it usually comes from an engine being set up in tolerances for thicker oil and then getting super thin synthetic and not having good enough film barrier. My 355 is set up on loose clearances and run 60 psi hot and has lasted 2 yrs, but was broke in on Rotella T 15w40.