I always assumed it was the same as Napa synthetic, a watered down Valvoline. No?
And then the great debate becomes...is it watered down? Why would they go through the trouble of making a different formula, wouldn't that actually cost more? And be more of a pain for them? And the. The question becomes, why doesn't Valvolone use moly and boron, instead relying on sodium as its major additive?