Hi everyone! This is my first post on this site and am looking forward to reading your comments on this thread(Go easy on me)! I have searched a lot on here already but I find myself kind of overwhelmed with all the information regarding what is a good oil for my application. Anyways let's get to it...
1. What kind of vehicle you have?
2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS LS3 with long tube headers and no cats. The car has 70k miles and I am currently running Redline 5w30.
2. What your owner's manual says -- not just viscosity, but certifications (look for acronyms like API SM, ILSAC GF-4, etc.) and change intervals as well
5w30 Mobil 1 Dexos1?? Change interval based on the OLM reading.
3. Where you live?
Northern Florida
4. How you drive? (easy? hard? fast? slow?)
All of the above! I mostly just cruise in a 5th Gear with the rpms around 2000. The car does see close to redline a couple times a week.
5. What your daily drive is like (short trips? long trips? city? highway?)
Short Trips mostly under 8 miles to and from work. I don't get on it until the car has had a chance to come up to operating temperature. Driving is a mix of city that's stoplight to stoplight and Slow Highways 55-60 mph speed limit.
6. Whether your car has any known problems?
The car has no known problems thus far!
I am posting this as I will be installing an upgraded camshaft kit in the coming months and wanted to pick your brains as to which oil and viscosity I should go with. I was looking at Redline, Joe Gibbs, Brad Penn, and Rotella T6. Thank you for reading!
1. What kind of vehicle you have?
2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS LS3 with long tube headers and no cats. The car has 70k miles and I am currently running Redline 5w30.
2. What your owner's manual says -- not just viscosity, but certifications (look for acronyms like API SM, ILSAC GF-4, etc.) and change intervals as well
5w30 Mobil 1 Dexos1?? Change interval based on the OLM reading.
3. Where you live?
Northern Florida
4. How you drive? (easy? hard? fast? slow?)
All of the above! I mostly just cruise in a 5th Gear with the rpms around 2000. The car does see close to redline a couple times a week.
5. What your daily drive is like (short trips? long trips? city? highway?)
Short Trips mostly under 8 miles to and from work. I don't get on it until the car has had a chance to come up to operating temperature. Driving is a mix of city that's stoplight to stoplight and Slow Highways 55-60 mph speed limit.
6. Whether your car has any known problems?
The car has no known problems thus far!
I am posting this as I will be installing an upgraded camshaft kit in the coming months and wanted to pick your brains as to which oil and viscosity I should go with. I was looking at Redline, Joe Gibbs, Brad Penn, and Rotella T6. Thank you for reading!