Ex-B5S4 owner hear w/a great link to a post about oil. The poster Tom is an ex-additive engineer

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04-23-2005, 07:53 AM

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Ex-B5S4 owner hear w/a great link to a post about oil. The poster Tom is an ex-additive engineer

who always provides great info. Just thought the turbo S4 crowd would be interested. The Viper forum does not allow direct linking, so here is the URL:

http://vca2.viperclub.org/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB14&Number=52956 2&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&am p;fpart=1#Post533247

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04-23-2005, 08:46 AM

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Thx for the read. Tom seems to be a great resource for the forums there =-)

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04-23-2005, 08:50 AM

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I had heard about how Castrol Syntech was a "different" synthetic so the info about the 4 classes of

oil were nice to see with explanations. Of course no clear answer and as always the needs of a race engine that gets drained and refilled all the time are different than our daily drivers.

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04-23-2005, 09:02 AM

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Well at least those that do not quite follow oil developments now(me included somewhat)

can understand why Mobil1 changed their formulas a while back. Granted this was pre their 0W40 weight was released but the price of their 0W30 should have come down significantly.

Havent heard of GV before, just GIV/PAO with esters. Wondering if this is a proper grouping now or something the Moutul guy just brought up...

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