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May 20, 2008, 02:48 PM
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hey guys, i read in an article in some magazine ( ive been trying to find the magazine but i was browzing at a local 7-11 and thought oh well ill come back and get it, but i still cant find it or even the name of it). whew!! anyways, the article was about cheap HP out of an evo X. it read that if u change the oil to a synthetic ( i think it was lucas) youll have gains of 7 HP, and if you do a cat back exhaust you will gain another 7 HP, and last if you put a K&N drop in filter, you will gain 14HP which was the highest gains they've seen out of a drop in.
now i know it seems impossible but they showed dyno results after every mod. i followed these steps and i havnt dyno'd yet but i defenetly feel the difference, major difference! not 28 HP difference but its not the same engine as the evo so...
i wish i could remember the name or find the magazine again cuz i hate saying something and not have anything to back me up but all i can tell u is that now, ill SMOKE a stock 08 lancer ( probobly keep up with an 09 gts)
now i know it seems impossible but they showed dyno results after every mod. i followed these steps and i havnt dyno'd yet but i defenetly feel the difference, major difference! not 28 HP difference but its not the same engine as the evo so...
i wish i could remember the name or find the magazine again cuz i hate saying something and not have anything to back me up but all i can tell u is that now, ill SMOKE a stock 08 lancer ( probobly keep up with an 09 gts)
May 20, 2008, 03:07 PM
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I sold auto parts for 5 years, and everyone i knew in the industry, oil manufacturers included, say that once you go to synthetic, you cant go back.
I use mobile 1 now. no problems as of yet. I have been a castrol fan for ever, but recently switched to mobil one.
I use mobile 1 now. no problems as of yet. I have been a castrol fan for ever, but recently switched to mobil one.
May 20, 2008, 04:23 PM
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hey guys, i read in an article in some magazine ( ive been trying to find the magazine but i was browzing at a local 7-11 and thought oh well ill come back and get it, but i still cant find it or even the name of it). whew!! anyways, the article was about cheap HP out of an evo X. it read that if u change the oil to a synthetic ( i think it was lucas) youll have gains of 7 HP, and if you do a cat back exhaust you will gain another 7 HP, and last if you put a K&N drop in filter, you will gain 14HP which was the highest gains they've seen out of a drop in.
now i know it seems impossible but they showed dyno results after every mod. i followed these steps and i havnt dyno'd yet but i defenetly feel the difference, major difference! not 28 HP difference but its not the same engine as the evo so...
i wish i could remember the name or find the magazine again cuz i hate saying something and not have anything to back me up but all i can tell u is that now, ill SMOKE a stock 08 lancer ( probobly keep up with an 09 gts)
now i know it seems impossible but they showed dyno results after every mod. i followed these steps and i havnt dyno'd yet but i defenetly feel the difference, major difference! not 28 HP difference but its not the same engine as the evo so...
i wish i could remember the name or find the magazine again cuz i hate saying something and not have anything to back me up but all i can tell u is that now, ill SMOKE a stock 08 lancer ( probobly keep up with an 09 gts)
May 20, 2008, 04:26 PM
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there are people saying that switching back and forth can actually harm the engine, but I do not understand it and haven't seen any proof of such.
May 20, 2008, 08:02 PM
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It's the other way around, the smaller molecules of a synthetic oil can get past the seals and cause horrible blowby. A conventional oil won't do this and will properly seal the seals so to speak. Subarus have issues with some synthetic oils for supposedly the same reasons.
May 20, 2008, 08:06 PM
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Ive always use sythetic in all our cars. In my younger days, Ive owned an eclipse that I strictly used synthetic oil and ran good until I sold it at about 280k miles. The GTS does not call for synthetic but certainly on my evo 8 does!
May 20, 2008, 08:12 PM
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It's the other way around, the smaller molecules of a synthetic oil can get past the seals and cause horrible blowby. A conventional oil won't do this and will properly seal the seals so to speak. Subarus have issues with some synthetic oils for supposedly the same reasons.
May 21, 2008, 01:55 AM
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my opinion, as a commercial transport technician.
Choose your oil for you need... are you a lazy person who doesn't like changing oil!? then for you is Synthetic!
if you love working on your car keep with regular oils, they are cheap and well...the more changing, the better...
Keep paying more for syn. guys! its a great oil for a race car maybe!
Choose your oil for you need... are you a lazy person who doesn't like changing oil!? then for you is Synthetic!
if you love working on your car keep with regular oils, they are cheap and well...the more changing, the better...
Keep paying more for syn. guys! its a great oil for a race car maybe!