High Performance Lubricants No VII series engine oils.

I'm not sure about your vehicle, but putting bigger battery cables on my MIL's car helped it tremendously. It would struggle with low cranking rpm on cold mornings. The battery was 6 years old so she replaced it with a new one with no change. The battery to starter cable was just a 6ga and had a little bit of length to it. I cut and fit a 2ga cable I had laying around, just to see, and it cranks over strong now regardless of temperature. Battery voltage would drop by -2.5v with the 6ga cable (20°F morning) and now drops <1v.

I've been seeing some newer cars coming with smaller and smaller battery cables, likely due to cost cutting measures.
 
The car franks and starts fine. I’m not a pets cannon firer. Guess I’ll put the 10w20 NO VII in the Dakota next. The Focus starts point I made was that a thick oil like the NO VII should probably not be used in a smal 4 cyl
 
My conclusion is that the 10w20 NO VII should be used in something like my 02’ Dakota with more power. I think it just bogged down a 4cylinder. The NO VII 5w20 didn’t act like the 10w20.
 
The following questions are related to this thread/topic, but indirectly. I bought some HPL motorcycle wet clutch oil (15w-50) recently. Since most wet clutch motorcycles are known to sheer and break down VII's faster than most cars generally, would it stand to reason that the HPL motorcycle oil chemistry tends to be lower in VII's than their regular/base car oils? And what VII's may be in there, would be their most durable/robust ones?

I wonder if they will ever make a VII free version for the motorcycle products? I'd be highly interested in that if it doesn't cost significantly more!

Apologies for the off topic tangent.
 
VersysVsWhat said:
The following questions are related to this thread/topic, but indirectly. I bought some HPL motorcycle wet clutch oil (15w-50) recently. Since most wet clutch motorcycles are known to sheer and break down VII's faster than most cars generally, would it stand to reason that the HPL motorcycle oil chemistry tends to be lower in VII's than their regular/base car oils? And what VII's may be in there, would be their most durable/robust ones?
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I'd think the HPL motorcycle specific oil has different additives to make it less "slippery" for wet clutch use. The wet clutch can't lock up tight if the friction level of the oil is too low. The reason motorcycles shear the oil more is because the oil is getting "chewed up" (sheared) more by the gears in the transmission.
 
ZeeOSix said:
I'd think the HPL motorcycle specific oil has different additives to make it less "slippery" for wet clutch use. The wet clutch can't lock up tight if the friction level of the oil is too low. The reason motorcycles shear the oil more is because the oil is getting "chewed up" (sheared) more by the gears in the transmission.
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I would also believe it's built to be as shear resistant as possible and use if needed the most shear resistance VII they have.
 
ZeeOSix said:
I'd think the HPL motorcycle specific oil has different additives to make it less "slippery" for wet clutch use. The wet clutch can't lock up tight if the friction level of the oil is too low. The reason motorcycles shear the oil more is because the oil is getting "chewed up" (sheared) more by the gears in the transmission.
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Figured similar, but was more curious about the amounts and kind of VII's in the WCMO's?
 
VersysVsWhat said:
Figured similar, but was more curious about the amounts and kind of VII's in the WCMO's?
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Serious question would you know if they told you what kind of VII it was and know if it's good ar bad or why they picked that specific VII. You'd also have to understand completely the entire make up of the oil and understanding that why the VII was picked.
 
I wouldn't know off hand, but I could do research into it. I would be happy with generalized info at this point, and it seems like they are a very trustworthy brand in general.
 
I’m running the 10w-40 HPL in my ninja and I wring its neck everyday on my commute. Coming up on a 2k mile midpoint UOA just to see what’s going on. I fully trust this oil either way though.
 
thetricky said:
I’m running the 10w-40 HPL in my ninja and I wring its neck everyday on my commute. Coming up on a 2k mile midpoint UOA just to see what’s going on. I fully trust this oil either way though.
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Looking forward to your UOA if you end up posting it.

With that kind of use, I'm surprised you don't go up higher in viscosity, like a 15w-50? But maybe with the HPL you wouldn't need to like with most OTS brands?
 
#18FAN said:
They try to destroy his oils week in and out on the pro NHRA circuit and every other racing circuit you can name they do not cut corners that technology trickles down to you the consumer you can bet your getting the best on the market.
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I certainly hope it trickles down to us consumers. With that said, aren't most of the big brands also involved in various races etc, and while some of that certainly does trickle down to us over time, it seems like it could more so, otherwise why are X amount of people here looking at lesser known brands like HPL?

(Yes, I realize that the big brands are more concerned with certs and blend to those primarily, and these certs are limiting).
 
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