Recent content by PoorMans180SX

Make another thread if you want to continue this debate svenson. People are biased, it's how humans work. Not sure why it's such a big deal to you. Let's keep this thread to oil temps and HTHS.

Very interesting. I have always heard that "thicker" oil can increase oil temps, and I suppose HTHS is a decent measure of that. I have a shop near me that claims they dropped 40 degrees of oil temp with a certain oil, but I'm pretty sure they went from a dino 20w50 to a synthetic 5w50, and that...

Chrysler/Stellantis at it again.

Well you can see that the infineum VIIs shear more than the VIIs that HPL uses, so you already have your answer. Dave just said that Lake specified the oils he wanted in the test/video. Don’t be so cynical.

Oil for the daily. Oil for the racecar. Oil for the new engine I’m building. Fourth of July sale ftw.

Maybe if you're using the thinnest, cheapest oil possible for more horsetorques and it shears down a grade in a single track day. We oil enthusiasts that run it thick and buy quality stuff like HPL understand that it can handle the abuse. If your oil and your engine components are up to the...

Do Germain engines routinely walk the main caps and spin main bearings at 600wtq like an LS? Didn’t think so. The aluminum LS block is not that strong, and not that stiff. If you want to buy trash 5w50, sure, or just run 15w50 or 20w50 since you apparently can’t find 5w50 with stable polymers...

Lol @ using Mercedes certs for loosey goosey LS engine oil recommendations. Why would you run 0w40 when thicker is just cheap insurance? I’m sure he’s not concerned about mileage. Chevrolet recommends 50 weight for the track, and this level of power certainly warrants it on the wet noodle...

Necro bump. Reached out to Dave, but no answer for over a week. Are you familiar with the base stocks and basic specs of the BA Racing oils? I’m mostly just curious as I intend to run their 10w60 in my RB20 and 25.

Trends look good and low.

For me they make some pretty good products. We used them a lot in the two speed shops I worked at. However, the salesman that came to the shop wasn't exactly knowledgeable when it comes to oils. I asked them why they don't use any esters in their base oils (We used almost exclusively Schaeffer's...

Sounds like a German/Stellantis vehicle issue to me, which is unsurprising. Been using it in my Nissans for a decade without issue.

Post drift event.

1991 Nissan 240sx VH45DE 4.5liter dohc V8 out of a 1994 Infiniti Q45 6.5 quarts HPL supercar 5w40 WIX oil filter for a 2003 Ford Focus Drift event tomorrow!

Yeah, I use a bucket trap like the last two posts above, but I bought it off amazon. My biggest reason is that mice will eat the poison and then get eaten by owls and other predators before they die, and you are then poisoning owls and hawks, which is not cool.