Oil Question- Royal Purple, Looking for 20/50 synthetic in Bay Area |
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Oil Question- Royal Purple, Looking for 20/50 synthetic in Bay Area |
chunger |
May 19 2005, 10:05 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 409 Joined: 11-January 03 From: Albany, CA Member No.: 133 |
hello,
I'm looking for 20/50 Royal Purple. . . anyone know if there's somewhere on the East Bay that stocks the stuff? -'Chung |
Trekkor |
May 19 2005, 10:13 PM
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I do things... Group: Members Posts: 7,809 Joined: 2-December 03 From: Napa, Ca Member No.: 1,413 Region Association: Northern California |
Try Griggs Racing out at Sears Point.
KT |
bernbomb914 |
May 20 2005, 12:07 AM
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one of the oldest Farts on this board Group: Benefactors Posts: 1,873 Joined: 29-December 02 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 36 |
I bouht mine at the NAPA store here in Temecula
Bernie |
cnavarro |
May 20 2005, 03:06 PM
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Cylinder Guru Group: Members Posts: 472 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Chicagoland! Member No.: 49 Region Association: None |
If you order enough at one time, it might be worth your while to get it from an online retailer such as jegs.com. Worse case scenario- I have the midwest regional distributor in town (he has a big purple warehouse full of the purple stuff) and I can start shipping the stuff for club members.
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chunger |
May 20 2005, 08:05 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 409 Joined: 11-January 03 From: Albany, CA Member No.: 133 |
Hello,
Cool. I hadn't considered Jegs, but will definitely look into it. I'm not sure how many other club members use the stuff, but if it comes down to it, I can stash a bunch here at my place. . . if in fact the stuff is not easily obtainable here. Seems the Mobile 1 is too thin at 15/50. -'Chung |
Jake Raby |
May 20 2005, 08:13 PM
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Engine Surgeon Group: Members Posts: 9,398 Joined: 31-August 03 From: Lost Member No.: 1,095 Region Association: South East States |
Pep Boys sells it..
I buy it by the pallet- I love the stuff! |
anthony |
May 20 2005, 08:36 PM
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2270 club Group: Benefactors Posts: 3,107 Joined: 1-February 03 From: SF Bay Area, CA Member No.: 218 |
At $8/quart that stuff better be really good! Is this for the car you bought from Rob?
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chunger |
May 20 2005, 08:40 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 409 Joined: 11-January 03 From: Albany, CA Member No.: 133 |
Haa haa. . .just checked at Jegs, and it came out to 7.50 qt prior to shipping. . . more than Redline. . . must have gold adatives to increase value.
Yeah, Rob's car. Still suffering from low oil pressure so I'm trying different stuff. . . but looks like it's going to get a good dose of "hand-it-to-Brad" sometime. -'Chung |
bernbomb914 |
May 20 2005, 08:41 PM
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one of the oldest Farts on this board Group: Benefactors Posts: 1,873 Joined: 29-December 02 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 36 |
I paid $5.99 a qt this after noon at NAPA
Bernie |
Allan |
May 20 2005, 08:55 PM
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Teenerless Weenie Group: Members Posts: 8,373 Joined: 5-July 04 From: Western Mesopotamia Member No.: 2,304 Region Association: Southern California |
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif) Why??? Is it really that good? I will run 20-50 Castrol dino for 2000-3000 miles and change it. Is the $6.00 - $7.00 a quart stuff better if you change it often??? Let me know, I have a brand new motor and I want the best for it......... |
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bernbomb914 |
May 20 2005, 09:46 PM
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one of the oldest Farts on this board Group: Benefactors Posts: 1,873 Joined: 29-December 02 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 36 |
back in the olden times when the super vee ran 1600 air cooled enginesWilbur Bunce would build them to rev to 8500 rpm but you had to split the case after 3 hours of racing with valvoline which we got for free. when we went to a syn oil we could run for 9 hours before we split the case. made it worth while.
Bernie |
bernbomb914 |
May 20 2005, 09:50 PM
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one of the oldest Farts on this board Group: Benefactors Posts: 1,873 Joined: 29-December 02 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 36 |
super vee
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Jake Raby |
May 20 2005, 09:59 PM
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Engine Surgeon Group: Members Posts: 9,398 Joined: 31-August 03 From: Lost Member No.: 1,095 Region Association: South East States |
The oil in my 912 E right now has 12K on it- last oil change before that was 18K with a couple of filter swaps..
Royal purple is worth 10 bucks+ a qt- in my testing it perfeormed better than ALL of the 10$ oils out there... It also stomped the shit out of Mobil 1 in the TIV engine, almost 20 degrees difference in oil temps on the same run, same day, same load same test duration... I plan on more of this now that the loger is set up- I can change the oils and walk away from the engine... Looks like its time to send out begging letters to the oil Mfrs again- it gets expensive fast! The next round of tests I want to log pressure differentials at differnt parts of the engine's oil system with different oils at different temps... |
Eric_Shea |
May 20 2005, 10:16 PM
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PMB Performance Group: Admin Posts: 19,288 Joined: 3-September 03 From: Salt Lake City, UT Member No.: 1,110 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
You mean Royal "Aubergine" don't you? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/dry.gif)
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chunger |
May 21 2005, 03:00 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 409 Joined: 11-January 03 From: Albany, CA Member No.: 133 |
Do you think the temp difference between RP and Mobile1 in the type IV is due primarily to the weight difference alone? Or to the lubricating effects?
-'Chung |
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