Recent content by Nick29

Eh, I'll take Redline and Yuengling over Valvoline and Budweiser on topic: Considering that most major companies nowadays are multi-national, how much of a difference would it really make if Valvoline were bought by a foreign-owned company?

bighead, a lot of people here aren't talking about Group III when they say "synthetic."

That's true ****, but the 4 ball wear test that they love to use is not the best way to compare oils and its results should not be taken as gospel when deciding on what to buy.

Most people here seem to consider it a good oil. For 3500 miles, it'll definitely be fine.

Thanks for the input, but I found the problem last week. After racking my brain and wasting my time trying to figure out which sensor it was on the intake side of the motor, it was the upstream O2 sensor. For some reason (maybe it's common to other cars too), it seems pretty common for...

iirc, the bottle says 3,000, but when I emailed them, Dave said that 1,500-2000 would be safe. I'd imagine the way in which the engine was broken in would be significant too. If it was broken in along the lines of MotoMan's ideas, you could probably switch sooner than if it had an "easy" break-in.

Since this thread was brought back from the dead, I might as well comment. The distance between F1 cars has a lot to do with their dependence on aero grip (and lack of mechanical grip) and parity between cars and little to do with the tracks they race on. If you put F1 on an oval, they still...

I've never heard of cat cleaners or any type of break-in either. In fact, on the way home from having my Catco cat (which is said to be low quality by a lot of people) installed, I made at least a few full throttle/redline shifts to see if there was any difference in power (it's supposed to be a...

Someone commented a couple weeks ago that myoilshop hasn't updated their page in a long time but carries the full line of Redline products. They said that they'd order 5w30 through the shopping cart and specify that they want 5w20 in the "notes" section. I'd want to call them to be sure, but the...

Best online place I've seen is $7/quart from myoilshop.com. A lot of people have reported decent shipping. I've heard of people getting it for $6.xx at places local to them, so someone in your area may be able to direct you.

the thing is, it's a pipe with what looks like a cap on the end.

I have a catco cat too and have wondered the same thing.

If you're going back to the shop to have the tires rotated, they should also flip the tires on the wheels. So that the inside of your left rear tire becomes the outside of the right front, the outside of the right front becomes the inside of the left rear, etc. It's pretty unusual to see tires...

OK, you got me

I can look at a tire and tell if it's worn out. I know there are a lot of nuts here, but I haven't seen anyone claim to be able to tell if oil should be changed from looking at it