Joe Gibbs Oil

[Sieg]

The best oil is the cheapest that meets the manufacturers specifications.

As Todd said it's more marketing and brand confidence than performance.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_oil

[intocarss]

Joe Gibbs products are good. I run a K&N oil filter and been happy with them

[Matt@BOS]

Originally Posted by Sieg

The best oil is the cheapest that meets the manufacturers specifications.

As Todd said it's more marketing and brand confidence than performance.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_oil

Is it? I am an idiot when it comes to this topic, so I always ask everyone's opinion on the subject, and it seems a fair amount of people recommend the niche oil brands, citing that they have more additives than say, Mobil 1 10w30. Sometimes I do wonder if it makes a difference or not...

Matt

[Vegas69]

I'm not saying it's not great oil, just making oil from one specific engine is a little bit of a stretch for me.

Now, you do need to be careful with an engine with injection as some additives are known to be hard on Oxegyn sensors. That may be their angle.

[canrc]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

I'm not saying it's not great oil, just making oil from one specific engine is a little bit of a stretch for me.

Now, you do need to be careful with an engine with injection as some additives are known to be hard on Oxegyn sensors. That may be their angle.

Thanks Todd -- I will give this oil a try, I ordered it online from Joe Gibbs it works out to the same price or cheaper than any of the other stuff sold here locally.

[canrc]

Originally Posted by ratman67

wanna buy some slick 50 and some split fire spark plugs to go with that special oil...roflmfao

Thanks for the offer but I think I will go with one of these intakes -- split fires didn't give me the horse power as the guy on TV said...

[intocarss]

Originally Posted by canrc

Thanks for the offer but I think I will go with one of these intakes -- split fires didn't give me the horse power as the guy on TV said...

You'll need it with an LS eng

[HEEP]

What is that? Turbo in a can?

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by Matt.A

Is it? I am an idiot when it comes to this topic, so I always ask everyone's opinion on the subject, and it seems a fair amount of people recommend the niche oil brands, citing that they have more additives than say, Mobil 1 10w30. Sometimes I do wonder if it makes a difference or not...

Matt

Matt, it's a never ending debate on which oil is best. Bottom line is the manufactuers and oil engineers rely on the specifications to establish the benchmarks for specific engine platforms.

I'm more sensitive about oil with my Ducati or KTM 4-stroke engines as the are high reving v-twins and singles that push the power to displacement envelope...........and they're expensive as h*ll to rebuild.

In my old school 1st gen small block I'm running Shell Rotela T 15-40 Camaro. Gallon bottles are around $13. 5 gal pails $64.

Bottomline from testing I've seen is quality air and oil filters make more difference than oil brands on engine life assuming reasonable routine service schedules. Running neodymium magnets on your oil filter housing is also proven via oil analysis to reduce iron particulates in your oil system that get past your air and oil filters.

Friction modifiers in any oil do brake down so frequent changes after high stress usage is good insurance no matter the grade. Synthetics can buy you more laps or miles between changes without effecting machined surfaces.

So depending on your usage.........

[intocarss]

Good chart and info of who makes who's oil filters

http://minimopar.knizefamily.net/oil...reference.html

When Mobil one took more of the zinc content out I switched to Rotella oil because of their higher zinc content. Now most of that has been removed to make it more green, I Run Red line racing wt 30 in my race engs and Rotella in my street stuff and hod rod stuff

The way the Oil Co's are pulling zinc out , looks like Classic High perf eng oil is the way to go if running a solid roller or solid flat tappet cam