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Mobil PDS's royally suck these days. Somebody needs to do some VOA on the new stuff. PDS dated July 2024 lists Calcium at 0.17 mass% per ASTM D4052 specs for the 0W-40. I think that converts to 170 ppm. I originally thought that M1 Supercar 0W-40 was the rebranded "old" FS formula because it...

All their PDS are light on real information these days. They don't want you informed.

Those nuts are built-in failure points.

Had a K&N motorcycle filter fail on me catastrophically at the welded nut. Luckily it was parked and idling before the ride. It was made in Korea, but I wouldn't think Indonesia is better quality. It is not a "bad" weld, the whole idea of spotwelding to the can is dumb. It fails (crack in can)...

Buyer beware with Snap-On owned companies. Many CDI Torque Products, and Williams brand tools are now being made in China or Chinese parts. There are still NOS USA and China made stuff commingling out there in the market. If the seller says they are USA, I will verify or return them if they ship...

I wouldn't do it unless you think you have some water in tank. The alcohol should absorb the water. Don't think there is an upside to E85, environmentally or economically.

I crashed my motorcycle on the twisty road to the south entrance of Yosemite Nat. park because of trans fluid dumped on roadway. lots of damage but I was OK. Ruined a fun ride.

Are you sure you don't want to spend $300 on a lithium iron phosphate battery...

I didn't see anything new or clever about the CBR600 fender. That is typical sportbike design since inverted forks were first used... The Suzuki Hayabusa has a larger one than most, for lower drag coefficient at high speed. The 'Busa is all about top speed, little else. 2010 Hayabusa

This from page 6, of this thread: Spezifikationen/Freigaben Mobil 1 0W-40 erfüllt die Spezifikationen: ACEA A3,B3,B4 API SL,SJ,EC,CF ILSAC GF3 Mobil 1 0W-40 ist freigegeben gemäß: BMW LL-01 Daimler Chrysler 229.3/229.5 Opel Long Life Service Fill GM-LL-A-025 Opel Diesel Service...

So what is the new pour point? Data is "missing".... This is supposed to be their flagship euro oil. No longer -54°C? flash point is now lower... VI dropped a bit. Somebody explain to me how this is an improved formulation?

I had read that it was factory spec'd for the new Mustang Shelby GT500's, so I looked it up on M1 website. In the FAQ's, listed as available factory dealership item, not in normal retail stores in the USA. My guess is that the 15W-50 M1 is too politically incorrect to specify in new vehicles...

That's my preferred way... All 4 wheels for my car, brought to tire shop in my pickup. Then I don't worry about idjit Tire Monkey's with air-impact tools.

Ram air ducts are mostly B.S. ducts. Taking the air intake from farther away from the hot surface of the roadway (and engine compartment)is better obviously. I think ram air effect doesn't come into play until you're going WAY over typical freeway speeds. I'm talking 100+ MPH.

I agree!

From what I've heard about "Sludge Engines" is that the engine/heads are poorly designed in that the engine oil temperature in certain places is too high. The oil gets "cooked" and turns to sludge. The Dodge 4.7L is infamous for this, and now certain Toyota's too. I wouldn't think of using dino...

What mileage was on these engines when getting this consumption? 1qt/1000mi is unacceptable in a normally driven engine (excluding a rotory) with under 60k total miles , that's my opinion (and others). The Mfr's who say this is normal/acceptable also state that engine break-in procedures are...

Another function of Oil is cooling of certain components. Pistons mostly. Your oil temps would go way up if you only had two qts. Thermal breakdown...