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Re: [Healeys] Synthetic Oils

To: "'Spridget List'" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Synthetic Oils
From: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:58:48 -0700
Pieter,

Which "modern turbo four cylinder" car has rear wheel drive?


bs


pieter scheenhouwer wrote:
> Fred,
>  A while ago an Australian magazine "Hot Fours" took a modern turbo four
> cylinder car and after tuning it and doing a complete oil and filter change
> using "regular" oils put the car on a dyno. They then changed ALL the oil
> (engine, gearbox and dif) for the appropriate synthetic and ran the car for
> 100km before putting it back on the same dyno. They measured and an increase
> in rear wheel horsepower in the order of 6% and they claimed the
> temp/humidity etc where the same.
>  Still don't think I would put it in my BJ7 but I did run full synthetics in
> my Nissan 200sx turbo for 6 years and had no problems.
> Cheers
> Pieter
>
>   
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Bob Spidell           San Jose, CA            bspidell@comcast.net
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