What oil are you using?

[carguy502]

mobil 1 or royal purple.

[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.

[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

[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

[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.

[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

[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/

[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 ..