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Nov 23, 2004 | 04:15 AM

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From: What's in your Box...

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Royal Purple....The only way to fly.

It is in mine :D

Nov 23, 2004 | 04:00 PM

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I'll give you some food for thought; I raced motocross for 27 years and came to know a lot of guys in the process. In 1997 a friend of mine (not Mike LaRocco) had a sponsorship deal with Amsoil. Got free product, cash, ran their logos and such, and one day we were at a race in Ok. and I watched his mechanic pouring Yamalube 2R in some gas and Silkolene in the trans! I asked him about this quietly and the mechanic stated that they had tried the Amsoil products and had experienced scuffed pistons and cluth slippage

I'm not a fan of Amsoil, but it is quite a stretch to equate piston scuffing in a 2-stroke engine and clutch slippage in a wet clutch to any possible effect in a 4-stroke automobile engine with forced lubrication.

George

Nov 23, 2004 | 06:28 PM

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No intention to equate the two. The point was that while some of the "latest and greatest" products are marketed extremely well, they really don't solve any actual problems. The whole synthetic oil debate seems to me to be the ultimate solution to a non-existant problem, standard marketing fare. I personally use Quaker State 5-30 in my car because it's free. Do you really think my engine will wear out prematurely? Many specifications "measured at the brochure", don't actually pan out when measured in real life aplications.

Nov 24, 2004 | 03:48 PM

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I'll add in another vote for Royal Purple. I've personally built 3 400+whp RX-7's, and I've always used Royal Purple. It's a little more expensive, but it is the best oil on the market from what I have seen. I know Scion's aren't RX-7's, but they can't possibly be as delicate. Just my .02

Zach

Nov 25, 2004 | 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by BoostedRex

and nothing like a few free ponies

Nov 26, 2004 | 02:53 AM

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Um... i've never used royal purple myself, but i have a REALLY hard time believing adding any sort of oil will add horsepower, especially over another synthetic. I don't think any oil can do anything more than protect your engine. A good oil protects it more in a wider range of conditions. But in any case....