Originally Posted By: Clevy
Originally Posted By: Corvette Owner
The 1997 Chevy Corvette was the first engine that GM designed to last 200,000 miles. Most cars engines are designed to last 100,000 miles, although many will last much longer. Note that this was also the first GM car to require synthetic oil.
GM use to require newly designed engines to run for 10 hours at wide open throttle and full load, The Corvette was run for more than 25 days at wide open throttle and full load.
If you're going to post this type of comment you've gotta back it up with some kind of evidence.
I think it's an absurd idea to be honest so please post some evidence.
K guys. Diesel trucks have turbos so big they'll suck small birds in and those turbos last a million miles using plain jane conventional hdeo oils so to just assume syn is required is laughable.
Honda had a spec for their specific turbos but they wanted a thinner version to improve fuel economy over a 15w-40 for example.
And as a rule it's a good idea to let a turbo run at idle to wash out the heat from driving as a preventative measure to insure the turbo didn't coke up however today's oem turbos are also water cooled which makes cooling far more efficient and more user friendly.
This info was in the book "All Corvettes are red", the author was given access to the development of the fifth Generation of the Corvette.
Originally Posted By: Corvette Owner
The 1997 Chevy Corvette was the first engine that GM designed to last 200,000 miles. Most cars engines are designed to last 100,000 miles, although many will last much longer. Note that this was also the first GM car to require synthetic oil.
GM use to require newly designed engines to run for 10 hours at wide open throttle and full load, The Corvette was run for more than 25 days at wide open throttle and full load.
If you're going to post this type of comment you've gotta back it up with some kind of evidence.
I think it's an absurd idea to be honest so please post some evidence.
K guys. Diesel trucks have turbos so big they'll suck small birds in and those turbos last a million miles using plain jane conventional hdeo oils so to just assume syn is required is laughable.
Honda had a spec for their specific turbos but they wanted a thinner version to improve fuel economy over a 15w-40 for example.
And as a rule it's a good idea to let a turbo run at idle to wash out the heat from driving as a preventative measure to insure the turbo didn't coke up however today's oem turbos are also water cooled which makes cooling far more efficient and more user friendly.
This info was in the book "All Corvettes are red", the author was given access to the development of the fifth Generation of the Corvette.