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nnolan
09-20-2005, 11:12 AM
What oil do you guys use and what would you suggest performance wise (remember this is a DD). Its too late to use sythetic so keep that in mind. Thanks
Bawls
09-20-2005, 11:14 AM
http://www.ls1lt1.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1269
transamtom
09-20-2005, 02:55 PM
Why is it too late for synthetic?

Use Mobil 1 .
Chris 96 WS6
09-20-2005, 02:58 PM
Its never too late to start using synth.
donskii
09-21-2005, 01:14 AM
Why is it too late for synthetic?

Use Mobil 1 .

Yeah, I like Mobil 1.
nnolan
09-21-2005, 04:49 PM
you can run synthetic even if your car has high miles and has only ran regular? I was under the impression that if you did not run synthethic fairly early (under 50,000 miles) in a cars life then it wouldnt work and could cause leaks because it was thinner. please explain how i was wrong, as im still learning
transamtom
09-22-2005, 07:56 PM
Oil leaks happened on early muscle cars that ran Dino oil then switched,they had and have different gaskets(cork) and the slippery synthetic would flow around the gasket rather than be absorbed by it,causing a leak.

Thats how synthetic oil got a bad rap.

Our cars use nitrile rubber for the gaskets

Mobil 1 is the factory fill on every Corvette since 1990,and the choice of most top race teams.
Chris 96 WS6
09-22-2005, 08:14 PM
Synth's bad rap came from the original Mobil 1 in the 70s.. It was a disaster and lots of people lost motors on that stuff. They pulled it and reinvented it later...some old school guys still hang on to the original reputation.
nnolan
09-23-2005, 12:29 PM
OK Thanks, i also did some of my own research on motor oils over at firebird nation. thanks for the info
jpsartre12
10-03-2005, 10:23 PM
Synth's bad rap came from the original Mobil 1 in the 70s.. It was a disaster and lots of people lost motors on that stuff. They pulled it and reinvented it later...some old school guys still hang on to the original reputation.

The problem with the original Mobil 1 was that it was too thin for older cars with loose tolerances. Times have changed as Chris said.