[Shotimes] AMSOIL By-pass filter

[Jim and Debbie Leyden]

> When your cat converters failed, was it because of a bad
> thermostat?

The cause of the cat failure is unknown.

>In your note you seem skeptical of synthetics,
> but you had a car go 200,000 before a non-oil related
> failure took out the motor.  And you said you used
> synthetics in it. So I don't get your comment above about
> doubting the use of synthetics in SHO's?  Your note reads
> like you used synthetics in it, but I suspect you meant to
> say you used regular oil and changed it at 3000 mile
> intervals....right?

Correct, after going back and reading it, it guess I worded that poorly.

As far as being a skeptic about synthetics is concerned,  I used Mobil 1 in
all my cars until I got the SHO.  Before I purchased the SHO I took it to a
local SHO guru and had an evaluation done on the car to see if it was worth
the purchse price.  At that time I was warned off of synthetics in the SHO
motor and shown several valve shims and camshafts that had failed.  I was
told at the time that the only common denominator between the failures was
the use of synthetic oil.  Further, I used to know a professional motorcycle
racer that felt that synthetic oil and motorcycle engines just did not mix.
He also cited several failures on the top end of bucket/shim style motors
that he attributed to synthetic oils.
I'd love to be convinced otherwise as I have always felt that that
synthetics are better all the way around, but the idea of trashing my SHO
motor just plain scares the heck out of me.

Thanks,
Jim