erick3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqvhRi7-iMA

Found this, and thought it was interesting. Shhhoooott...I'm sold. haha
Anyone know where you can get this? Local autozone? Anywhere like Walmart's Mobil 1 oil? (cheap)

ussi

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someone is selling some in the black market

TLAdvanced

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Wow, that's pretty amazing...

motoxrider295

Wow I've always used royal purple for tranny fluid, thats an awesome commercial. I'm sold too. I've always gotten my royal purple from my local PepBoys or performance shop.

erick3

dang...i really should be using the royal purple tranny fluid too.......

Timeless

I've been running royal purple for the past 2 oil changes and I love it. I went with a heavier weight (5w30) and still picked up fuel economy. I am pretty confident this is the best oil money can buy.

Bearcat94

Auto Parts stores for sure. I don't recall if they had it at Wal-Mart or not; I think they did.

Runs ~$7.50 a quart and I haven't seen any 5 qt ontainers.


Not too long ago, someone posted an article out of Europe on many different oils test on that machine. Pretty good reference, even though not all the products are available here.

tragic22

Has anyone else had any experience using this? I figure it can't hurt to try it on the next oil change but I'm interested to know if anyone else has any experience using this and how much of an in improvement in Fuel economy did you see?

WRXtranceformed

Yep, I posted up that article but I'm too lazy to go searching for it. RP is awesome stuff, but take note: BE AWARE THAT IT IS NOT NECESSARILY GOOD FOR YOUR CAR TO USE THEIR TRANNY FLUID IN AN AUTOMATIC. RP is very slippery stuff and some auto cars simply DO NOT like RP transmission fluid. Like I'm talking it leads to full tranny rebuilds. It supposedly causes the power bands to slip within the tranny. Consult whatever resources you have to figure out if it's fine. RP's diff oil and engine oil are fine though, I had fantastic results running them in my IS300. I picked up 3-4mpg instantly by swapping to RP fluids and the car felt much smoother. Yes, legitimately 3-4mpg.

The only oil I feel is better is AMSOIL... I actually just became an AMSOIL dealer so I could get cheaper prices on their oil and supply it to my friends. Let me know if any of you all want any AMSOIL / Mothers products!

Stew4HD

I run Royal Purple in my truck. I like the 10k miles between change (filter change at 5k). Good stuff! I get lifetime free oil changes for my from the dealer. I will ask if they can do RP for whatever extra they charge.

TL1999

damn it, can't see it at work where it is BLOCKED

spc425

Erick3,

You can get RP at Joe's (Alderwood). I've been using it in my past few oil changes. It runs about $6 or $7 a quart, so not the most economical option.

ChrisQ1980

Ehh, not bad but I won't be giving up my Amsoil SSO 0w30 and EAO filter.

Tripnbeats

yea ill stick to my mobil synthetic for now. no complaints from my motor. but thats a really good video

01clsstock

before you all jump on the royal purple bandwagon maybe you should read this:
http://www.importtuner.com/features2...oil/index.html

01clsstock

if you read the whole article in last months import tuner the generic synthetic actually made more hp on the dyno than royal purple

WRXtranceformed

And if you watch the Horsepower TV episode with the LS1 Camaro where they swapped out all of the fluids to RP they picked up like 9 or 10whp over generic synthetic. You have to take hp comparisons like that with a grain of salt because you don't know the kind of funding / cash flow that goes in and out of those publications. Import Tuner could be getting kickbacks to badmouth certain products, or vice versa... you never know.

eluzion

Joe's (formerly GI Joes). That's where I get my Amsoil but I always see Royal Purple there as well.

I love that place. One of the few stores in the NW that offer military discount as well.

blatallic

I've seen this test in person...At one of our SRT4 meets (when I had a SRT4), the owner of Leading Edge Lubricants came out and did this demonstation....He used all the oils and did this test....the only difference from the video posted above was he kept stacking the weights until the cyclinder stopped...

Royal Purple did better then all the other oils, castrol, pens.....Ok so then he tested out the Amsoil stuff you add to your oil...It did actually yield more protection and it took on more load then just the oil itself, so it helped out all the brands...Then he tested his own product called Oil Booster.....he placed all the weights he had and it kept running, he even removed the bottom oil tray and it still didnt stop...I was sold....Ever since then, I have place this stuff in my oil every 15k....

I personally use RP and also every 15k I put in a oil booster....All my cars have ran smoothly...just my

Tripnbeats

blatallic where do u get oil booster?

nim090

Just a quick ?...I've been using full synthetic 5w-20...is it ok to switch to a 5w-30 fully synthetic oil?

Tripnbeats

yes nim it is....i actually went to 10-30 synthetic

blatallic

Only place that I have seen that sells it is Orielly's auto parts and some of the Autozones.....


Good stuff....

erick3

joe's? where the heck's that? thanks for the heads up man!

erick3

NO WAY!!! really?!? i'm there...thanks man haha

tihomirbg

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I have not tried AMSOIL yet, but I have been using Royal Purple 5W-30 for about one year and I think it is really good stuff.

scv76_

Nice video, but there is something odd about the temperatures shown.
The first run with the other brand only shows a temp. of 95 deg, but the purple showed 114 deg.
I would expect the temp. to be less with the better oil

I hate cars

Wow! Marketing at it's best (or worst depending on how you look at it).

I love the part that it can "undo" some of the wear by previous oils. So this magical oil can put metal back where it came from....

The wear scar test doesn't mean much in the real world in an internal combustion engine. I believe this was originally a test made for grease.

Just take a look at the UOAs of RP and see for yourselves that it's a crap oil.

It can make a little more hp because it shears so easily but I'm not ready to trade 2hp for more engine wear. RP turns in some worse wear numbers than cheap dino oil but it's still a favorite with the import communitiy. Go figure.

erick3

hm...what kind of motor oil do you use? amsoil?

kabota

Yep. I remember about 2 years ago on this site that RP was not very highly rated. Royal Purple is really good at marketing.
If you think about it you can make about any product look good if you design the test to make it look good.

I hate cars

Amsoil in the TL. Cheap Superflow dino in the GN but I may try either Redline or Amsoil's new racing line.

FiveLiterCheater

I'll stick to Mobil 1

DMZ

And I'll stick with Penzoil Platinum 5W-20 Synthetc for about $1 less per quart, thank you very much.

Be-in my TL

What does Amsoil run, and are they located at any parts store? or most I should say...

WRXtranceformed

You can only find AMSOIL at parts stores or dealers who have become licensed AMSOIL dealers. Send me a PM if you're interested and I can look up some pricing for you when I get home tonight.

dnd2984

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Go to walmart and get a $19.00 Pennzoil Platium jug. I currently use Amsoil and dont plan to run it for the 35k they say. And dont plan to buy anymore.

Mobil1
Pennzoil Plat
Valvoline Synpower will all be great for the TL.

blatallic

To be honest, I'm comfortable using any good synthetic oil because I put the Oil Booster in...so I know that Im running good stuff....

As for the vid, Ya I noticed the temp thing which was wierd....When I witess the test I didnt see the temp cuz I dont think it had one...Think he was more demonstating how the oil did with more load, he place load until it stopped...and he tested the most popular brand and yes, RP did better than the rest...He tested the Amsoil stuff and it did improve all the oils so thats good stuff...then he did his Own product which did awesome....Its not every day you can meet the owner of the Lubricant company and him do a test personally....That was cool....

TLAdvanced

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Is this the stuff you're talking about Blatallic??
http://www.px3lubricants.com/DynoTests/
Horsepower TV tested this stuff on the dyno with a hemi Charger and gained 9 HP and 14 lb/ft of TQ Video included

blatallic

Wow that stuff looks good very very similar to the stuff I use

http://www.lelube.com/Products_Racing.asp

I met the owner in person, has a decked out charger...I mean its jaw dropping....LOL I notice the "Horse Power" logo on his site too lol...

DMZ

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