Performace oil

[WogBoyz]

hey man havent heard of royal purple good stuff is it ? how much it set u back?

well i think it was for x2 5L and a oil filter about $220

 

[WogBoyz]

AMSOIL

Mobil 1

Royal Purple

Seen nothing but good reviews of all of them, although when compared AMSOIL comes out #1 every time.

intersting, ive never heard about amsoil

 

[sv6 power]

I have never heard about amsoil either... is it that good as you say it is? I got the mobil 1 because i was told by many people that it can push to around 17,000-20,000km if just for normal use and i wanted to see if thats true. But on the other hand you wouldn't want to leave oil in there for that long...

 

[TinSnips]

I have never heard about amsoil either... is it that good as you say it is? I got the mobil 1 because i was told by many people that it can push to around 17,000-20,000km if just for normal use and i wanted to see if thats true. But on the other hand you wouldn't want to leave oil in there for that long...

I wouldn't be testing that out, mate. The oil may be up to it, but the filter won't be. Mine gets swapped out every 7,500km - in other words, at scheduled services and at the half-way point. Day to day driving on a standard car, something like Edge will be fine - if you're running mods and putting the car under higher-than-average stress levels, I'd be spending a bit more on a group IV as suggested. AMSOIL is quite hard to locate around Sydney, I've found. You can pick Royal Purple up at any Autobarn.

As suggested, the most important thing, regardless of which oil you're using, is to keep it changed regularly, with a good filter. RP Filters are very good, as are K&N oil filters - but if your car is still under warranty, then run with the genuine filter. It's about the only thing that isn't hugely over-priced from Holden Spares!

 

[sv6 power]

I agree with you, i didn't say i was going to try and get 20k km's out of it, just chit chatting to see if anyone knows more on the topic. Yes, its still got 1 year warranty, so ill go with the holden stuff. When i said i wanted to see if thats true i meant trying to find out from all of you if you know something about that.

Thanks for the info.

 

[2DIE]

I have never heard about amsoil either... is it that good as you say it is? I got the mobil 1 because i was told by many people that it can push to around 17,000-20,000km if just for normal use and i wanted to see if thats true. But on the other hand you wouldn't want to leave oil in there for that long...

I cant vouch for it myself as I have never used it but if you look it up, it pretty much beats everything else in tests.

Ill put up some links.

These tests were done by COME racing
Oils Against Oils - Major Oil Brands go head-to-head on the dyno.
AMSOIL come out #1 and Royal Purple was #7

This page and this site has a ton of info about it
AMSOIL Dealer Synthetic Oil Change! Amzoil-Best synthetic oil! Some say Emsoil, Amsiol, Amsol Get an Amsoil packet

Royal Purple vs AMSOIL
Royal Purple vs AMSOIL

And the AMSOIL website has lots of info on it too
AMSOIL - Synthetic Oil, Motor and Engine Oil, Lubricants, Air Filters, Oil Filters and Greases

...

All tests I have see shows it to be better in every way than any other oil its compared with, although I have never tried it I would if it wasn't for the price tag. Then again if I'm feeling rich next time I do a oil change I might give it a go.

 

[sv6 power]

Great, thanks! All company's write that their oils are the best, but an extra reason why i chose mobil 1 was cause the v8 supercars use it and recommend it, so i was like WTH, lets try it
$92 for 5L 5w30 is expensive but lets see how it goes in the engine

 

[WogBoyz]

One word of advice buy royal purple from them directly, i saved myself about 40 bucks buying directly and thats including freight, if i lived closer to there main shop would have saved even more