I seen that one coming.
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this is a meaningless topic its all been discussed here many times
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There's always new people logging on and the search
isn't very friendly........
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Does having the edit button removed help the moderator(s) here?? Anyone care to chime in on that? Is there an alert given to moderators every time we edit and do normal edit-free posting???????
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RP is definitely a group IV.
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RP is definitely a group IV.
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"You have to find just the right amount of the various additives - friction modifiers, anti-wear agents, detergents and dispersants - all of this stuff the chemical engineers are playing with to get just the right mix for that particular application," explains Joe Gibbs Racing Oil's Lake Speed, Jr. "We have been playing around with our mix for some time and the oil we race with today is not the same thing we ran 6 years ago. We've perfected the recipe since then, and now we run a 5W20. But there are still some NASCAR NEXTEL Cup teams that run 15W50 motor oil because that's what they've always run."
Base oils are an important ingredient in motor oil but what sets one oil apart from another is the additives.
According to Royal Purple's Martin, oil really doesn't become what it is until you add the additives.
"All of the benefits are in the additives," says Martin. "Even in terms of racing oils most oil companies purchase additive packages. There are only a handful of additive suppliers globally. So in many cases the oils are basically the same with the only differences being the marketing. We actually manufacture our own additives. We aren't a refinery so we buy our base oil but that's the flour in the cake. The two major characteristics of our additives is the film strength, which is the load carrying characteristics of the oil not just the wear, and the oxidation resistance."
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this is a meaningless topic its all been discussed here many times