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Originally Posted By: ChrisD46 Many are willing to trade time for quality . Splain yourself?

Would the bypass and the extended oil change interval cause a problem with a warranty issue?

Originally Posted By: Shannow I've never pulled apart a "dry" engine. There's always oil all over everything, sufficient IMO to look after it before the oil pressure gauge reads positively. "start-up" wear isn't this lack of residual oil, but the period between the oil starting to thin, and the...

Catastrophic failure can be and is part of the game.

Originally Posted By: webfors Mowed for the 4th time yesterday and decided to change the oil. It came out dirty with a lot of metallic glitter under a light. I'm glad I changed it out. I'll run it another couple of hours and change it one more time before going the regular interval. The...

Years ago my friend was out of country and asked if he could keep his boat at my house to store it and said I could use it so for the 3 years I had it I would change the gear oil each season, tend the bearing buddies and flush the outboard with fresh water when I took the boat out into the bay...

How big is your spread you have rather large equipment. A 30 foot manure spreader holds lots of poop.

Why would you want to switch if all is well?

Originally Posted By: Drew99GT Holy turbo lag batman! What size/kind of turbo? By the time that turbo starts spooling at 5,000 rpm, my Dad's truck would be banging off the rev limiter. A shot of nitrous would help get the car off the line!!!

Who woulda thunk it. A passenger car motor oil not being up to protecting a high output engine. There goes the thinner oil is better theory. Anybody with half a brain and really knows anything about engines should know this fact. I read the posts and can really tell those that think they know...

You can run the oil longer.

It is a brand new engine what else can be expected UOAs on brand new engines are somewhat of a waste especially with the short first "good " oil change.

Being a parent is the ultimate punishment for once being a kid yourself. I enjoyed my children more than what could be imagined. Savor every second.

Originally Posted By: Rob_Roy It will be fine, just watch out for the muffler police. My Z28 has made over 100 quarter mile passes with open headers...so about 25 miles FLOORED. But 101 passes or 25.25 miles is when problems start

All quality oil have seal swelling designed into the finished product.

Why does the crankcase need cleaning? Neglect? bought the car and found out it was sludged up?

With your oil change intervals you will never get into where there will beany synthetic advantage . Other than being able to tell all I run syn oil and change it a dino oil intervals. I would recommend the plain M1 oil as that oil is way more than needed for your use.

Open headers will lean the Air fuel mixture . Driving to the exhaust shop will be no problem. Make sure you check the sparkplug color to see if the carb needs rejetting or adjustment after hooking up the exhaust to gain the max performance increase.

Nice bug!!! HDEO 30 wt would be the proper choice. Candidate for a chrome Toilet paper filter???

With the new oil ratings 5 to 6 ,000 miles are reasonable and syns 10,000 miles are reasonable intervals.Especially if the engines get upto operating temps for a while.