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Originally posted by Steve S:
Guys,you are awesome I don't think I will ever be able to figure out which is better whether its the base oil or the additive package or the brand, but if 10 is good 27 should be better!!!
It's all the above!
Hey the Base quality oil is So very important, and you would not believe, but without the proper balance of additives it means nothing whatsoever!
Simple. hugh!
Let me tell you a little story.
Company Z calls Company A because there was an emergency and all company Z's stock was needed and there was not enough time to make more because only a handfull of MFG in the country, so they get Company A to re-label their existing batch (which was better Base oil) and make the run because Company A had to work 24-7 to fill the demand. Well over 10 and 15 years later, those people that bought that product from Company Z with Company A's base oil (at first their total package then after the batch ran out, their oil + company Z's additive package), well those customers property lasted longer, protected better, in fact the base oil helped them...True Story BTW.
Oil is different from well to well, and some wells have better oil, period! The better oil from the better wells, will last longer, and perform better and stay cleaner, and accept more additives, etc.
If Company A were to make the SAME exact formula, spec etc for Brand "123" oil with a bad oil, and a good oil, and a superior oil, they would in effect have three "123" products even though they appear the same on the surface. Oil is not the appearance on it's face, it is the whole ownership including the strawman, all complete; fiction, natural man, I am.
Maybe Base oil is like the position on the starting line to a race-car race, pole position is not everything but it sure does count.
Additives may be like the race car and it's parts, they have a lot do do with the race.
What counts probably most is the loose nut behind the wheel, cause he gets you from point A-B. Without him and his team (oil and samples) there's no best position or the best car, none can finish first, it all falls on "the driver"!
btw - I liked the movie!
Yes, base oil is important, but unless you know and can track it exactly, you're searching for
the Holy Grail.