Originally Posted By: Johnny
No matter what you say, with that car and that horse power it won't be driven like grandma's Chevy Cavalier or my Grand Marquis.
No doubt about that, lol! If I keep it going straight its been a good night
I've got a 69 Mach 1 that I swapped in a Ford AODE transmission that was built to handle 550hp. Its soon to be hooked up to a 530hp 357w. I was hoping to get some ATF suggestions. I've looked at the Amsoil ATF and Red Line but wasnt sure if there is something less expensive that will work just...
Have fun with your new CX-9; we love ours! Factory fill is Quaker State syn-blend I believe (at least is was with our '07). OCI is 5,000 miles unless you do all highway driving in a non-dusty environment which is then 7,500 miles. I used the 2 free dealer oil changes then went to 5w-20 Mobil 1.
Snap-on, SK, Mac, Wright...hard to beat these brands. I have Craftsman but not because they are the best quality; they are fairly inexpensive and will be replaced by Craftsman when they break. They are not a great ratchet overall.
Originally Posted By: Steve S
IMO the Cleveland is one of the most incredable production performance engines of all times.
The canted head design is still one of the best production head designs of all time. Other than a few oiling issues and a bottom end that is more fragile then the Windsor...
Originally Posted By: Steve S
Sponsered products. Look at NASCAR everything is sponsered. Then contengency money.
Lucas oil was the only oil sponser this year. I do know that Mobil 1 and Royal Purple have sponsored before however.
I recently picked up the latest addition of "Engine Masters" and it had the results from the Engine Masters Challenge. While I was reading I checked out what oil and filters the competitors were using. I was suprised at what I found. Out of the 30 competitors 13 used various weights of Mobil 1...