Slowass

So...since they switched their 'fully synthetic' oil line to a Basestock III, I have noticed something.


Older bottle on the right and a newer bottle on the left....



Notice how much smaller the words "Fully Synthetic" have gotten??
This is because Mobil jumped another oil company for switching to a Basestock III from a Basestock IV years ago. Even landed in court as I understand it.
Well....Mobil didn't prevail.

So over the last couple years, Mobil 1 also switched to Basestock III....which means it passes as a full synthetic in the states, but it wouldn't in Europe.
Just some food for thought when you see Mobil 1 sitting on the shelf for $6.50 a quart. Still a great oil, just that Mobil didn't lower their prices when they swtiched to the lower basestock.

Basicly....it is $2 a quart too much. And a little thin, but unless you have some SERIOUSLY extreme cold, that shouldn't matter much.

Discuss

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1999 Pontiac Firebird
Stock'ish'

L33T 350CI RS

damn, and i used to be hooked on their oil.... whos the runner up? i might have to switch, thats crappy. I used to love when I switched to Mobil 1 and i could feel how much better the LT1 ran.

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1995 Trans Am - few mods.... sold!
1992 Camaro RS- project in the works

Scary Guy

The container is smaller too.They couldn't make it 5 1/2 qts could they.

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Slowass

I will be using Pennzoil Platinum 10w-30 in all three of our cars.

UOA's don't lie.

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1999 Pontiac Firebird
Stock'ish'

joelster

Royal Purple FTW!

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1994 Z28 Black heads/cam th350 drag car
1995 Z28 Teal 'Vert bolt-ons 6-speed cruiser

Slowass

Royal Purple tends to shear easily. No thanks.


Pennzoil Platinum, Amsoil are the two top choices right now.

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1999 Pontiac Firebird
Stock'ish'

joelster

Really? Where did you hear that from? I always like to keep up on this stuff.

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1994 Z28 Black heads/cam th350 drag car
1995 Z28 Teal 'Vert bolt-ons 6-speed cruiser

Slowass

Let me see if I can find it again...

The info is from a guy that gets a UOA on every change.

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1999 Pontiac Firebird
Stock'ish'

SpecialK

I'll disagree that RP shears too easy. Ive' had the tests doing on a few changes now that I'm running giggle gas. At the 3000 mark I was told just to change the filter at 3 and go till 6 and come back with that oil. I'm going to send it in after it gets cold out, with about 5800 on teh change, I'll let you all know how it goes. Though soon I'll be hitting the track as often as possible to get this current setup perfected.

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