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Ford had previously offered the 3.5L version of this same engine, slightly less displacement, less horsepower. It would appear Ford got jealous of Chevy's Caprice 3.6L at 301 hp, and "had to" catch up with the Ford 3.7L's 305 hp. Horsepower wars in police fleets. Taxpayers lose. What they need...

^^^^^ lawman1909 meant to say "3.7L Vi-VCT v6", which stands for Twin Independent Variable Cam Timing. See this link for more info.

Here is the graph I wanted:

By posting nothing with useful content, SteveSRT8 and dave1251 always fail, even though Steve claims they are the ones who "matter". Very funny.

dave1251, You have never posted anything of any value. The way these forums work, is you present some form of information. Are you 12 years old? If so, that would explain a lot.

Originally Posted By: Ken2 There are multiple ways to meet the requirements. Thats true. VOAs show plenty of differences, mainly in the use of boron/moly/titanium, as in some oils don't use them at all and still meet all the specs. Originally Posted By: Ken2 The zinc compounds produce a wear...

Originally Posted By: Astro14 You can characterize max range on the basis of AOA alone...max range speed is a function of wing design, engine performance, load and altitude, but when all those factors are corrected, then you end up at the same AOA for that wing. So, lighter airplane, lower IMN...

Originally Posted By: Shannow Expanding on the above, the Ford Conoco study that's gained the mantra that oil changes wear out your engine, demonstrate that used oil (very used in some of their cases) formed a slipperier, and different tribofilm as there were more species available to react...

Walmart usually lets you order it online, for store pickup or home delivery. Easy that way.

Maybe oils that use titanium, boron, moly, and zinc are working from an evolutionary formulation model. The chemists just keep tweaking the current formula by adding a little more moly this year, then next year the new spec comes out and they add some titanium to the formula, etc., until we end...

Originally Posted By: HardbodyLoyalist Originally Posted By: boundarylayer Nitrogen gas obeys the ideal gas law, PV = nRT familiar to science/engineering people. Air does this too. The only thing about the nitrogen is it might have less water vapor amongst it. Having less oxygen is also better...

Originally Posted By: ForceFedMopar I work at O'reillys, and I have to answer questions like this all the time, so I would like to be able to give a more informed answer than just hearsay from the street :? And I guess my secondary question is, is it worth switching to synthetic in an older...

Originally Posted By: daman Originally Posted By: stickybuns Wish Wix would put that filter media in car oil filters. Great numbers, best I've ever seen in fact, except for MicroGreen car oil filters. I'm hoping that's what they make the NAPA Platinum out of. Wix XP and NAPA Platinum (same...

Originally Posted By: ZeeOSix That link shows the beta ratio as: Beta Ratio: 2/20=3/10 Which means 50% @ 3 microns and 95% @ 10 microns. Pretty efficiency. Wish Wix would put that filter media in car oil filters. Great numbers, best I've ever seen in fact, except for MicroGreen car oil...

Fram ToughGuard and Fram Ultra's best attributes are: 1. Not make by Purolator like the Motorcraft is (tears). 2. Better filtering efficiency and dirty capacity before clogging. 3. I can't think of a third one.