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#1656271 - 11/03/09 01:52 AM
Re: Valvoline Racing Synthetic 10w-30
[Re: Hoosier_Daddy]
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Registered: 10/13/08
Posts: 201
Loc: OR
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I guess this is the VR1 street legal stuff?
Very thin indeed.
In any event, it confirm's my notion, VR1 is just a SL oil.
And even if Blackstone is off, no way they missed almost 600ppm Z and 500ppm P. I have a similar VOA of convetional VR1 posted in the VOA section and it has very similar numbers minus the moly, although my VOA did show slightly higher Z & P.
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#1656325 - 11/03/09 05:55 AM
Re: Valvoline Racing Synthetic 10w-30
[Re: Hoosier_Daddy]
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Registered: 05/17/09
Posts: 3795
Loc: N.H, U.S.A.
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I was told in the past it was just synpower with boosted zddp and less Ca. This does not seem to be zactly true anymore. Does the Na compound mainly EP frunction or is multi-duty like the ZDDP?
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#1656359 - 11/03/09 07:00 AM
Re: Valvoline Racing Synthetic 10w-30
[Re: Hoosier_Daddy]
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Registered: 04/13/09
Posts: 2217
Loc: Iowa
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...expected more zinc but that could just be Blackstone... Royal Purple is supposed to have 1100 ppm, too. Almost always comes up in the 800 range from Blackstone. Sometimes I wonder if they even run the test or just put what they expect. Honestly.
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#1656507 - 11/03/09 09:32 AM
Re: Valvoline Racing Synthetic 10w-30
[Re: river_rat]
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Registered: 09/08/05
Posts: 8307
Loc: Canada
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Lot more detergent in that than I though - on their site, it says that oil has a TBN of something like 5-6.....
Looks like a good oil to use in any street car - nice and thin, lots of moly, decent TBN, and SL-level AW adds.
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Petro-Canada Supreme 5W-30; Purolator oil filter; Motomaster air filter.
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#1656590 - 11/03/09 10:42 AM
Re: Valvoline Racing Synthetic 10w-30
[Re: addyguy]
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Registered: 10/13/08
Posts: 201
Loc: OR
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yes, it says SL approval on the bottle That's exactly my problem with this oil... it's billed as a racing oil with SJ level Z & P, which is exactly why I don't use valvoline products anylonger. Don't advertise this with high levels of anti-wear additives and then blend it another way which is dramatically different. This would be good in a roller cammed engine but that's about it. Which at that point, just about any synthetic SM formula will protect a roller cam enough.
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#1657374 - 11/03/09 10:35 PM
Re: Valvoline Racing Synthetic 10w-30
[Re: genynnc]
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Registered: 07/23/05
Posts: 211
Loc: ohio
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That does not seem to be the same as the specs that Valvoline qoutes on the oil...Interesting, i'd say that it looks pretty weak for a dedicated racing oil....
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#1967326 - 07/27/10 01:26 PM
Re: Valvoline Racing Synthetic 10w-30
[Re: Hoosier_Daddy]
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Registered: 09/08/05
Posts: 8307
Loc: Canada
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I made a mistake - they have a 'Not Street Legal' synthetic 10W-30 and 20W-50; AND a street-legal synthetic race oil...
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2002 Chevrolet Cavalier, 2.2 OHV, Auto, 147k miles.
Petro-Canada Supreme 5W-30; Purolator oil filter; Motomaster air filter.
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#1968029 - 07/28/10 06:24 AM
Re: Valvoline Racing Synthetic 10w-30
[Re: addyguy]
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Registered: 09/23/06
Posts: 7143
Loc: Bad Axe, MI
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Ya looks weak for a race oil,and how much is this stuff?
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