Royal Purple V. Valvoline VR1 Oil
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valvoline non street legal race oil. comes in 20 50 conventional and synthetic and has everything imaginable in it to keep you cam and engine alive, hence the illegal part. conventional part number 851 synthetic part number 855. napa baxters and auto carry it that i know of, there could be more
The VR1 also comes in 10w30 conventional too, however it is fairly hard to find....Almost every auto store has the 20/50 and straight 50 though.
I run the 10w30 vr1 in the amc and in the malibu, I'm happy with it.
I run the 10w30 vr1 in the amc and in the malibu, I'm happy with it.
the problem with mobil 1 is that it is NOT good for flat tappets. you may be able to just add a bottle of ZDDP additive, i'm not sure. (other than that i agree it's great stuff)
IIRC the royal purple does not have ZDDP, i have the 10w30 VR1 since i know it does. (most good auto parts stores can order it for you if it's not in stock)
IIRC the royal purple does not have ZDDP, i have the 10w30 VR1 since i know it does. (most good auto parts stores can order it for you if it's not in stock)
I like royal purple, the factory is 10 miles away from me and sometimes they have it discounted vs the auto stores. Always used it in my truck, and I'm amazed by the beating it takes its still running like a champ, I can't say if thats the oil or just an extremely well built little 4.3.
Unless you're talking about racing engines or trying to get 150% of the original VE at peak torque, I wouldn't consider the differences too much. Always been told on the older engines to just use regular possibly with additives if reg itself doesn't do the job. I use penzoil, a sales rep/friend of mine spent an hour one day explaining how its better than other brands and he got me hooked.
...the research that I did between the two is a simple additive difference. The two biggest things I've read is the royal purple may have more build up in the bottom of the pan, which I can't attest to that after using it a while. Thats suspect to the molybdenum in royal purple, which I see as a good thing. Mobil 1 ran a test that showed less micro-scratches in their engine machinery in a test run, but it wouldn't be anything I'd be concerned about anyway
thought it was comparing mobil to purple for some reason 😳. Valvoline (and amsoil, quaker state) are both high quality full PAO oils, its just slight differences in additives and small portions of solvent. each has a very small strength or weakness thats hardly quantitative
Unless you're talking about racing engines or trying to get 150% of the original VE at peak torque, I wouldn't consider the differences too much. Always been told on the older engines to just use regular possibly with additives if reg itself doesn't do the job. I use penzoil, a sales rep/friend of mine spent an hour one day explaining how its better than other brands and he got me hooked.
...the research that I did between the two is a simple additive difference. The two biggest things I've read is the royal purple may have more build up in the bottom of the pan, which I can't attest to that after using it a while. Thats suspect to the molybdenum in royal purple, which I see as a good thing. Mobil 1 ran a test that showed less micro-scratches in their engine machinery in a test run, but it wouldn't be anything I'd be concerned about anyway
thought it was comparing mobil to purple for some reason 😳. Valvoline (and amsoil, quaker state) are both high quality full PAO oils, its just slight differences in additives and small portions of solvent. each has a very small strength or weakness thats hardly quantitative
Mobile 1 10W30 Has 800 PPM ZDDP. The racing version has 1200 PPM. will work with flat tappets or roller.megaladon6 said:
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