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Old Mar 9, 2007 | 12:05 AM
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im deciding between royal purple or mobil 1, which brand do you use? if then has been posted before sorry. search wont let me search in a specific section.
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Old Mar 9, 2007 | 01:18 AM
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i use mobil 1, because i can buy the bigger 5 qt. bottle at walmart and save like $5-6 and its a heck of a lot easier to find rather than royal purple.
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Old Mar 9, 2007 | 01:30 AM
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I use mobil 1 synthetic
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Old Mar 9, 2007 | 08:35 AM
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Mobil 1 on both my cars...
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Old Mar 9, 2007 | 09:00 AM
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Two threads which might be of interest to you

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...t=brand+oil%2A

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...t=brand+oil%2A

Hope this helps

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Old Mar 9, 2007 | 09:12 AM
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German Castrol 0W30...right now between Royal Purple and Mobil1, I would give Royal Purple a try since I haven't been happy with Mobil 1 and consumption issues (along with other folks) over the past year or so.
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Old Mar 9, 2007 | 09:19 AM
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try out eneos, i did on my sc400 and noticed a slight power gain, but very slight. As for protection you cant beat mobil 1 synthetic, but who really knows wut goes on in the engine?
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Old Mar 9, 2007 | 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Sly Guy Yu
try out eneos, i did on my sc400 and noticed a slight power gain, but very slight. As for protection you cant beat mobil 1 synthetic, but who really knows wut goes on in the engine?
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Old Mar 9, 2007 | 04:59 PM
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this is an old topic, but i will play. royal purple in everything.
i saw a show on speed vision and they dyno a car before and after a RP oil change in Eng,Trans and diff. it showed a gain of 8 or 9whp, so i use rp. my second option is top of the line castrol.
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Old Mar 9, 2007 | 05:09 PM
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Anyone else use Amsoil? Usually I'm using either that or Mobil 1.
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 08:09 PM
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I use castrol GTX but i think i might switch to royal P
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by JDM
Anyone else use Amsoil? Usually I'm using either that or Mobil 1.
I'm going to use amsoil next. I use to use royal purple and I currently have mobil 1 in my car. Royal purple was okay, but I wouldn't buy it again because it was too costly for something that I didn't think was worth it. Mobil 1 is overpriced now ever since they switched ingredient in their oil.

So amsoil it is for me!
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 10:06 PM
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where can you get amsoil at?
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Old Mar 11, 2007 | 01:39 AM
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i just changed my oil today with mobil 1 synthetic and mobil 1 oil filter simply because there's a coupon special at kragen's.
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Old Mar 11, 2007 | 01:53 AM
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Motul 300v Motorsport 5w30 full synthetic. everyone wonders why my car is quieter than everyone elses.
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