looks to very informative video,,Torco is a good product and worth notice,,,the seem to have nice transparency on their products ,would be great to use providing better avalibility in stores,noticed they have been around a long time making lubricants
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I've used Torco SR-5 and 5R in my 97 M3, stock engine and my racing 95 and 99 Miatas. Miatas have up to 162 peak HP. I can say I consistently had higher Dynojet hp, about 2-4%, pretty cheap way to gain HP. Hard to quantify, but it seemed like the engine also ran a bit cooler. I've also used the gearbox oils. Ive won 10 regional championships.
I was in Napa yesterday and noticed I’ve walked by torco cases setting there for at least a year. I always assumed it was a lower tiered oil. Silly me. It’s the sr1 but there was no price. I’m at the stage in life that I’ll buy the good stuff, even if I don’t need it.
Oh, you chose those two particular oils...
I've never seen a VOA or UOA of Torco, but like I said a while back, everything about them appears legit. They seem very top tier.
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Today I got some Torco SR-1 5W-30 so I can test its volatility and resistance to forming high temperature deposits. I will make a new thread with results when I have them. Only cost me $11/qt plus tax at a local racing shop.
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I remember decades ago in the 1980s Consumer Reports tested oils for cars. Torco performed poorly, but that was decades ago. So that info might not be relevant anymore. I don't know about Torco for cars, but I like to avoid rolling the dice on unusual brands.
It'll be interesting to see if anyone knows more specifics about Torco for cars.
I used Torco conventional motorcycle oil in a Honda 350 back in the late 1980s. The cam shaft lobes wore out in less than 10K miles, but I don't know if that was the oils fault. It might have been unrelated. I never let it get low on oil and I changed it on time. I also remember that Torco was very expensive.
I have not used Torco in a car. So I can't comment on that, except to ask why? There's lots of lower cost safe bets in name brand oils, as well as autostore housebrands and Supertech and Amazon housebrand oil. Why roll the dice on Torco? Especially if it's expensive.
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Thread 'Torco 5w-30 SR-5, 02,Jeep 4.0, 4000 miles.' https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/torco-5w-30-sr-5-02-jeep-4-0-4000-miles.16653/
Torco is a small batch blender that uses high quality ingredients. Very transparent on formulas not unlike HPL. Give them a call. They are very well known in the motorsports world.
Perhaps they should also put a bit more high quality ingredients into their PDS and not list mutually incompatible recommendations.
Yep, just looked at a TDS. Not a fan of that practice.
Enlighten me please.
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Just what I mentioned. Reminds me of that other brand that is lauded by a few posters for how good it is (also starts with a "T"), yet they too suffer from the same problem. Perhaps their technical writers moonlight elsewhere.
There is no such thing as an ILSAC approval. Where did you verify it met the standard?
Right. But considering the things they make up already such as a dexos license and mutually incompatible "approvals" I'm not sure I would be inclined to believe that.
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I've ran the SR1 5w30 with no issues.
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