Right oil for my car? and intervals?

[noobshoes]

Hey guys, I'm sorry for the complete helpless newbie question but I know very little about oil. I've got a 94 Prelude with a Jspec H22A swap, and I was thinking of running Amsoil 5w30. I believe honda says to go with 10w30 oils but I figure it's summer in texas and 5w30 is probably fine. Also the recommended interval (at least with my old H23A1) was 7500 miles on conventional oil, which is a little weird, so I always just changed it every 3k. I want to keep this motor in good shape, it came with like 37k on it... what would be a good interval to use when running the amsoil 5w30? thank you guys so much for your patience.

 

[haley10]

 

[TR3-2001SE]

I use Mobil 1 in my Honda but I think Amsoil is just as good. I run 10,000 miles per change but if you like to be conservative 7500 miles should be no problem for that oil.

 

[williar]

I agree with TR3-2001SE, although I'd stick with the Honda-recommended 10w30 viscosity.

 

[DR Racing]

I would say, dino use 10w30, synthetic use 5w30 or even better 0w-30. Dan

[ June 02, 2005, 05:17 PM: Message edited by: DR Racing ]

 

[noobshoes]

thanks for the help guys!

 

[Pablo]

The Amsoil 5w30 HDD oil would be great as would be the 10w30.

 

[Pablo]

Oh yeah - 10K on the HDD and 5-7.5K on the ATM (10W-30)

 

[TooSlick]

I'd go with the Series 2000, 0w-30, along with an SDF-20 filter and change both every 12,500 miles/6 months. It will work better in this very high rpm application than the garden variety 5w30.

How are these almost new engines shipped in from Japan???