Castrol Edge Titanium FST?

[SubieMovie]

I've been using Magnatec 0W-20 with great results, but can anyone tell me the benefits of Edge over Magnatec?


Does Edge have the same benefits of Magnatec but with FST added too?

I find it bizarre that I can find a better explanation of what Magnatec tries to accomplish with ease and have to go searching ad nauseam to even find like one article on it. I feel like their premium offering is barely mentioned, talk about a poor marketing strategy (I do know all about how I can get free tickets for a series that is long in the tooth though!).


Thanks for the help!

 

[CT8]

Is there a difference in the oils rating?

 

[SubieMovie]

I'm kind of a oil n00b and have been scouring the forums over the last year. Are you talking about UOA?

If not, I think they largely meet the same specs. I'm just trying to understand what the actual difference is (For example, I can understand between regular Mobil Synth or AFE, but I have no idea why Edge is actually better than Magnatec.).

 

[SatinSilver]

Where do you get the 0w20 Magna from? I see the 5w20 at Walmart all the time.

 

[SubieMovie]

Originally Posted By: SatinSilver
Where do you get the 0w20 Magna from? I see the 5w20 at Walmart all the time.


Got it on sale for $19 and change on Amazon several months ago.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Originally Posted By: SubieMovie
Does Edge have the same benefits of Magnatec but with FST added too?

Yes.

 

[BigD1]

Can't remember who said it, but they said Edge had the same thing as Magnatec and more. Makes sense to me because Edge is a tier above Magnatec.

 

[KCJeep]

Castrol's marketing has long been perplexing. They hit it out of the park with Magnatec but still struggle IMO finding a strong "identity" for Edge although it seems to sell well.

Somebody on here did get a reply from Castrol regarding this and they did say Edge was the superior product, maybe not in "results" we could argue that all day, but they clearly put more money into Edge than Magnatec.

Magnatec is awesome definitely on my short list of best buys right now.

 

[53' Stude]

Originally Posted By: KCJeep
Castrol's marketing has long been perplexing. They hit it out of the park with Magnatec but still struggle IMO finding a strong "identity" for Edge although it seems to sell well.

Somebody on here did get a reply from Castrol regarding this and they did say Edge was the superior product, maybe not in "results" we could argue that all day, but they clearly put more money into Edge than Magnatec.

Magnatec is awesome definitely on my short list of best buys right now.


Wonder if they will release a Magnatec 0w40. I imagine our Australian friends possibly have this?

 

[PimTac]

My impression of Castrols marketing is that it is aimed towards young kids, ten years and younger.

 

[SR5]

Originally Posted By: BigD1
Edge had the same thing as Magnatec and more. Makes sense to me because Edge is a tier above Magnatec.


That's the way I see it.

 

[SR5]

Originally Posted By: car51

Wonder if they will release a Magnatec 0w40. I imagine our Australian friends possibly have this?


No such luck on Magnatec 0W40 in Oz.

We do get a nice Magnatec 5W30 that is full synthetic and rated SN plus A3/B4.

 

[SubieMovie]

Okay, so it's not just my nitpicking that there's literally nothing available regarding Edge compared to Magnatec.

 

[CBODY67]

In some respects, Castrol got themselves into the mess of multiple similar products.

First there was dino white bottle GTX. A great oil which I used in great results! It was generally considered, in 20W50, a "motorcycle oil" brand in many areas of the USA. It had GREAT heat stability in hyper-overheated engines, even noted for "saving them", which I happened to prove one night, NOT on purpose!

When Castrol went against Mobil1 in the synthetic products, in the USA, that was "black bottle" Edge. A semi-synthetic came later. This was the gray bottle "Syntec"

Magnatec was an oil brand name in Europe back then, probably not completely related to the Magnatec we have in the USA? Castrol had several product names in Europe that weren't in the USA back then, as now. The Castrol website denotes "GTX Magnatec".

The gold bottle Edge came later. It includes the consumer "Extended Performance" product and the import dealers have a gold bottle Edge with an "OE Performance" name on the bottle. And now titanium has been added to most Edge products, it seems.

And in all of this confusion, "German Castrol" surfaced in the USA! Check the related threads in these forums! IT was only available at AutoZone auto supply stores in the USA and ONE viscosity level. The bottle originally noted "Made in Germany", but later versions did not. This was well before any other oil brands started to use "Euro" in their oil names.

I used the Syntec semi-syn Castrol in my flat tappet engine until it became an SM oil, then I went to Rotella 5W40 for the added zinc levels. For a good while, the SL oils for the import engines had 1000ppm of zinc (as their spec amount, even Mobil1), but I believe they've all been superceded to SN status.

I do have fond memories of using Castrol and how much better it seemed to perform than other oils I'd been using (1970s-mid 1980s). I DO wish they'd get their product line better separated as it's somewhat confusing with several levels of seeming "the same" oils to choose from. GTX is their dino line, Magnatec is semi-syn, but then it gets flaky as they seem to desire to use all of their prior names on the synthetic products. Also notice that some of the prior oil product names are now "technology" names (i.e. "With Syntec Technology"), all of which seem to be unexplained. Semi-syn "technology" in a syn product?

That's how I recall their product progression.