Originally Posted by 510ryder

this is stupid how could this be illegal they even have a commercial about it with the chargers

Originally Posted by HiTechOilCo

Well hello all! This is my first post on here and I hope it will shed some light on a commonly misunderstood topic. I am an 18 year independent AMSOIL synthetic lubricants dealer and run Hi-Tech Oil Co. I also have been in the automotive repair and maintenance field for over 20 years, so I have a tad bit of experience in this field.

I read the, "oil test", and found it to be of little or no value. (Gasp! Did he really say that?). You bet I did! First of all, what information can be gleaned from a controlled dyno test vs real world performance are two different things entirely. The horsepower and torque differences amongst the oils tested was minimal at best. I certainly wouldn't recommend anyone go dumping out their Mobil 1 because another oil delivered 1.7 more horsepower in a dyno test.

Oils are manufactured to a viscosity range. For example, a 5W-30 falls within a range of, "thickness", and can actually vary a bit. If you have an oil that is on the, "thicker", side of this range it generally will protect engine parts better while sacrificing 1.7 horsepower, (or whatever), because it is a, "thicker", 5W-30 and thus creates more drag, reducing power a tad. While on the other hand, we can have a, "thinner", 5W-30 oil that wont protect engine parts as well, but will generate more power in a dyno test. Does this make one oil better or worse than the another? Absolutely not. There are many different factors to an oil and its formulation. Anointing one oil over another as, "superior", because it made 1.7 more horsepower, (or whatever), in a garage dyno test, is not an accurate, or valid way to evaluate an oil. Indeed, for this reason, dyno test results are not used by the S.A.E., (Society of Automotive Engineers), or A.S.T.M., (American Society for Testing and Materials).

There are standard and accepted A.S.E. and A.S.T.M. test results that are used by engineers to determine an oils performance vs other oils and this test data can be found on a given oils Product Data Sheet, that can be had from any oil manufacturer. This is one industry accepted method of comparing various oils.

Also, keep in mind, what is good for a race car doesn't automatically mean it is good for a street car. An oil that performs well on the race track may very well not be ideally suited for the entirely different world of a street car that has to deal with an entirely different set of demands and needs than a race car does.

If any of you have any questions, please feel free send them my way.
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Steve
http://www.lubedealer.com./hitechoilco

Originally Posted by PONGSxB

maaaaan I'm assuming this test will never be done.. crap.