I guess its good if you like putting water in your motor. I use 20-50.
I guess its good if you like putting water in your motor. I use 20-50.
Not good for tight tollerences of LS based motors.Originally Posted by 6.0vortecchevy
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I dont know if i agree with that since race motor are built to the tightest terrence running 20-50. And looking at a spec sheet i wouldn't say there really tight.
the numbers have to do with heat tolerances. my motor rarely if ever sees 200*, so 0-30 is more then enough. If you were running a turbo/nitrous/etc and saw temps above 220* on a regular basis, i'd run heavier oil. On a n/a motor, there is no reason to run thicker oil...you're just hurting things when it's cold from lack of lubrication.
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A little birdy once told me all synthetics are the same weight. Said it was a marketing deal to cover most applications. I wouldn't get 20-50 no where near a stock bottom end ls motor. Bearing clearances are way to tight for that thick of a oil. GM doesn't suggest light weight oil for nothing.
I run 15-40 with 0.003 clearances, those are double what stock is. And its still a little thick for that....
no thanks ill stick to mobil1 5-30 and the famous royal purple 5-30 haha
So what I'm gathering is, I should play it safe, return it and get 5w-30.
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Race motors arent usually tighter than a stock motor. If anything, they run more clearance and use heavier oils. Not trying to start an argument, just sayin
Ah i miss the good old days of rotella now its got so much detergents in it im afraid to run it in my diesel, so thats why i run amsoil nothing is better period
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