RP is not real synthetic. It's a blend as are a lot of "syn-something" oils. Now Red Line Oil -- is real synthetic oil engineered with one purpose in mind: High Performance engines. Amsoil is another true synthetic as is Mobil 1
The people at Red Line Oil are big supporters of pro-touring including as the oil of choice on Stielow's cars over the years.
I've taken Red Line Oil's advice and moved towards lighter viscosity oils, knowing that they bring the engine protection, so I might as well free up some power. The added protection has probably saved us an engine or two.
Where is the best place to get Redline oil? $$$ wise
Pricing seems pretty consistent everywhere. We get ours from Summit or Lane Automotive. Be sure to amortize the added cost across longer change intervals. Full synthetic works out way cheaper in the long run. For sure, if you were to experience momentary oil starvation due to high lateral loading (i.e. auto-x or road course) or an overheating scenario, added film strength at the bearings will surely pay off, a lot.
Just remember that if you're firing a new engine for the first time, break it in on non-synthetic until vacuum increases, then levels off. Gotta get those rings to seal, and in this regard, the Red Line Oil works too well. For that process we use, Valvoline 5W-30 in conjunction with Red Line engine break-in additive. Lucas Oil makes a good engine break in additive as well.
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I use Amsoil in my race car and Brad Penn in my street/strip car. I also use Brad Penn in my John Deere machinery and have never had a problem.
My street/strip car is a '68 Camaro with an old school 350-GM iron heads, small flat tappet solid lifter cam, cast flat tops. It's been in the car since 1986, won 7 track championships at Suffolk Dragway in VA and has several thousand passes on it. No leaks and no metal in the filter when changed.
Something interesting about Brad Penn products-lots of alcohol funny car teams use their products as the oil seems to resist the 'milking' factor that is sometimes found with oils used in alcohol burning engines.
A longtime friend with a machine shop that builds race engines put a customer's engine on his dyno-alcohol burning N/A with the customer supplied Castrol oil. After warmup the first pull was lazy and got worse-suspected a pushrod problem. Took the valve cover off and what looked like pancake batter spilled out onto the floor.
RP is not real synthetic. It's a blend as are a lot of "syn-something" oils. Now Red Line Oil -- is real synthetic oil engineered with one purpose in mind: High Performance engines. Amsoil is another true synthetic as is Mobil 1
The people at Red Line Oil are big supporters of pro-touring including as the oil of choice on Stielow's cars over the years.
I've taken Red Line Oil's advice and moved towards lighter viscosity oils, knowing that they bring the engine protection, so I might as well free up some power. The added protection has probably saved us an engine or two.
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