Want to change motor oil!
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Want to change motor oil!
Hey guys I own a Evo 9, it's built to the T! Car recently made 734who on a mustang dyno. I'm using e85 fuel. I've been using amsoil 15w-50 dominator oil. It's awesome, but it's a pain in the *** to get. I was using Brad penn prior due to the fact that it's easier to get. Further research showed that oil (Brad penn ) doesn't work well with e85 over a long period of time. Anyways I've done more research about shell rotella t6 5w-40. I used it in my drag Sti and it never burned oil, and if a suby motor isn't eating that oil nothing can lol. But I'm wondering who uses that oil on their high hp built evos? Do you burn more oil? Etc etc. and it isn't about money just want to know cause it's easier to get at Walmart!
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I run the Shell Rotella T6.
Its cheap, and you can buy them at Walmart for $21 for a 4 quart jug and additional $7 1 quart bottle.
I've be running it on my rebuilt block for about 25k miles now no issues.
No reason to run such an expensive oil if you are just driving it spiritually on the roads. I can see if you bring it out on the track but not DD'ing.
Aren't they $10-13 a quart?
Its cheap, and you can buy them at Walmart for $21 for a 4 quart jug and additional $7 1 quart bottle.
I've be running it on my rebuilt block for about 25k miles now no issues.
No reason to run such an expensive oil if you are just driving it spiritually on the roads. I can see if you bring it out on the track but not DD'ing.
Aren't they $10-13 a quart?
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I'm not sure why everyone acts like nobody can really push a car on the street. Not that I'm condoning it but I know people that use a VBox and literally time trial on deserted back roads pushing their cars all out for extended periods of time just like they would on a track. Maybe not for 20 or 30 minutes at a time but much much more than an autocross race.
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I'm not sure why everyone acts like nobody can really push a car on the street. Not that I'm condoning it but I know people that use a VBox and literally time trial on deserted back roads pushing their cars all out for extended periods of time just like they would on a track. Maybe not for 20 or 30 minutes at a time but much much more than an autocross race.
Around here you would end up in a ditch, with a hefty traffic ticket, or in the back of someone
I use Castrol GTX 10w-30 fully synthetic and pretty much always have and have never had issues. I change my oil every 3k regardless of fully synthetic or not. Owned my B5 S4 for 5 years, 45k miles (sold it around 125k), and that thing got beat on and daily driven. Needed suspension parts and/or various sensors replaced more than it ever needed engine components replaced. Both of my cars have also only been full bolt-on, so I can't give advice to y'all with built engines.
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