Originally Posted By: zpinch
It seems very strange how he numbers his oil weights in absolute terms, even though SAE weights are not absolute...
He is either very smart and has some good products, or he is a scammer and his ACES IV treament is most likely a 2-stroke oil mixture?
I still want to try ACES IV. Maybe a group purchase?
There's no doubt Brian is extremely intelligent. He might even have a "good" oil, but is it better than the off the shelf oils? Even more importantly, is it worth the cost of his product?
Aces IV... I've used it, but have not seen any real improvement on my mostly stock 5.7L, but I'm also using a Diablo predator that is running a bit fat on fuel, so don't expect to get any long term knock. I've heard that the Diablo tuner employee said it makes zero difference while tuning. Brian claimed that a car made 7 whole HP more on the dyno using A4. I offered to let him put my car on the dyno and prove A4 actually made a difference. I made that offer after he offered one of the best wrenches on these vehicles to try A4, but the guy was in NY. Once the guy moved to OH, Brian was no longer willing to test his product.
A4 smells remarkably like Hoppes gun cleaner.
There's a LOT of wild BND claims, like supplying the military, helping the govt in the gulf oil clean-up, significantly reduced engine wear, etc etc etc.
As I said before, when I started this "experiment", I knew there were a lot of flaws in this ONE test sample of each product, but it provided some informational guidance. IMO, the wear numbers are nearly identical, to me is indicative that I don't need to spend $100 for an oil change.