Royboy74

Just road use with the odd blast. Everyone seems to be singing from the same sheet so maybe I will change to millers 10w 40
Cheers.

ALi-B

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Indeed

Consider that Ford makes a highly compact turbocharged engine that produces 140BHP per litre......and what oil grade do they use?

5w-20 !!! Yes that's right 20 (and a bitch to find from a local supplier).


What makes the oil good is not its viscosity, but its quality.

The viscosity of a poorer quality oil will go out of grade sooner so will require more frequent changes...hence why Subaru had 6montly changes on semi-synth oils.

RS_Matt

Millers do a 0w20 and 0w30 Nano. I'm tempted to mix grades to maybe get 2.5w35

I rarely drive the car hard for over 400m so I may be able to pull it off.

SmurfyBhoy

If you mixed those it would be 0w25.


But fuel economy would go through the roof.

Easy 60 mpg on a wrx.

The reduction in friction would feel like nos off the line

RS_Matt

No I mean mixing the 0w30 with my stash of 5/40.

I only tend to use the car on the strip now so MPG isn't that crucial anymore. If anything I want it to be crap to make the car lighter!

sy.

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As the car in question here is mapped and Originally intended to do occasional track it had/has 10w60 in the summer months and 10w50 winter as the cold protection is not questioned it is simply addressing scoobies run hot, it is not currently due an oil change and oil level was ok Friday morning remember the oil should read between min and max when cold so not over max once warm. Each to their own with the oil debate as a daily/occasional blast I would recommend 10w50 all year then but change it when due not for the sake of it.

Steve001

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Sounds like you like the smell of this too

RS_Matt

Heard a lot of tuners say some drag racers drop from 0w30 to 0w20 to gain a 5% power increase, would this type of percentage apply to dropping from 40 to 30 etc, Steve?

SmurfyBhoy

Best just drain oil completely and do one run then refill, (Zero Drag)

There will be enough oil stuck to the surfaces of engine to last 1 run im sure

Easily 50 bhp to be gained

banny sti

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Provide sources or I call BS on this

SmurfyBhoy

I have yet to see a comment from this dude which isn't BS

banny sti

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You make a valid point

Steve001

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I thought I already had

That's it I'm running my car on WD40 from now on, a 50% power hike right there

Or this stuff

RS_Matt

Would you say there's more oil drag on a Honda Fireblade Engine or EJ20 Engine, both using the same grade?

JGlanzaV

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How the **** would we know?

Or more to the point, how the **** do you know?

RS_Matt

Independent tests on Millers Nano are sometimes showing bigger gains of 5%, and they are based on back to back tests with the same grades!!!! If dropping a grade does indeed increase power from 2-5% depending on grade change 60 to 50 etc, higher grades seem to create more losses as a percentage from the tests I've seen then my formerly 333 WRX could now in theory be 366bhp.

SmurfyBhoy

The saddest thing in all this is that there are folk out there who may believe this B.S

RS_Matt

I research things most performance car owners would deem insignificant. Or odd.

I now have one of the quickest 0-60 times in the Evo/Scoob community. Circa 3.5 with the new tyres.

Tbh I should dyno the car to see if it's risen from 333.

RS_Matt

Just google Nanodrive/Silkolene dyno results, oil isn't widely dynoed but from what I've seen performance oils or dropping grades invariably releases gains worthy of consideration.

SmurfyBhoy

Don't believe it till i see it,

If such evidence exists why not add a link to back up your B.S claims.

banny sti

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"Just Google" :l ol1::lol 1:

Thats like cheating on an essay and using text from Wikipedia :l ol1::lol 1:

Crack on with your 0-60/60ft w4nk fest

joe v3sti

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What a stupid comment! One of the quickest 0-60 imprezas haha

You need to realise the Subaru and Evo community is a little bit bigger than this sorry forum. You need to look a little further a field pal, there is a lot of extremely fast subarus and evolutions out there.
You don't even register against these quick cars, sorry bud

bustaMOVEs

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Matt, what did you get banned for on here before? Was it something simlar

Darrell@Scoobyworx

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http://www.scoobyworx.com/synionic-1...il-16180-p.asp

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