I'm more of a Stegosaurus man, myself. Makes the engine hold up to abuse better.
I run 10w30 and I specifically buy only oils that have been 100% made from the aged bodies of tyrannosaurus Rex. It brings out the killer instinct in my motor.
Also, since the stripes are horrible uneven, I added a little thing to the left one. Well, it's really just the left stripe, if they copied the right, it wouldn't be so bad.
It's my way of dealing with it until I get it painted.
Jeez,...Crude oil is just that,....crude. Why does every premium new car, and almost every racing team run synthetic oil?I'm more of a Stegosaurus man, myself. Makes the engine hold up to abuse better.
Jeez,...Crude oil is just that,....crude. Why does every premium new car, and almost every racing team run synthetic oil?
Hmmmm.... Could it be???
The superior lubricating quality of the oil?
how about it's tolerance for high engine temps?
How about it's ability to do the job at a thinner viscosity than crude, with the direct benefit being reduced windage. Reduced windage means more power.
How about the fact that you have to buy either an additive, or "special" crude oil to get back the zinc that the Gov't mandated out of crude oil?
How about the fact that almost every engine rebuilder specifies that the engine be broken in on standard crude, and only after 500 miles can synthetic be added. Why do you spose they make that stipulation?........could it be that the syn oil is TOO slippery,and they are concerned that there wont be a good ring seal as a result, needing the less slippery crude to help things break-in.
Hello Mc Fly!!!! Wake up McFly! it's 2016. Stop being a cheap ass. Synthetic oil is vastly superior to the standard crap, which offers no benefit at all besides filling up all your available empty plastic antifreeze jugs because you have to change it every 3000 miles.
Not aimed at anyone in particular here,...just the ostriches.
Tell me those stripes are stickers please. Otherwise, what a knucklehead paint job!Also, since the stripes are horrible uneven, I added a little thing to the left one. Well, it's really just the left stripe, if they copied the right, it wouldn't be so bad.
It's my way of dealing with it until I get it painted.
Non race engines fail because of poor maintenence, abuse/beglect, worn parts, improper installation/assembly, or defective parts
Plus, you forgot to mention if you have a higher mile car and switch from dino to synthetic oil, you most likely will get seepage from gaskets. Seen it many times on cars including mustangs rear main seals.
mike
I respect your crafstmanship and knowledge but I have to tell you, that is just silly talk IMO
After working professionally and personally on probably a few 100 motors, and running dino oil in personal cars over the last 40 years, I've never seen a regularly maintained and cared for engine fail beacuse it ran dyno oil vs synthetic.Key point- regularly maintained and cared for.
Non race engines fail because of poor maintenence, abuse/beglect, worn parts, improper installation/assembly, or defective parts
Plus, you forgot to mention if you have a higher mile car and switch from dino to synthetic oil, you most likely will get seepage from gaskets. Seen it many times on cars including mustangs rear main seals.
If the owners manual says synthetic then run synthetic otherwise change the oil at regular intervals, use a quality oil and you will be fine for most people.
mike
I respect your crafstmanship and knowledge but I have to tell you, that is just silly talk IMO
After working professionally and personally on probably a few 100 motors, and running dino oil in personal cars over the last 40 years, I've never seen a regularly maintained and cared for engine fail beacuse it ran dyno oil vs synthetic.Key point- regularly maintained and cared for.
Non race engines fail because of poor maintenence, abuse/beglect, worn parts, improper installation/assembly, or defective parts
Plus, you forgot to mention if you have a higher mile car and switch from dino to synthetic oil, you most likely will get seepage from gaskets. Seen it many times on cars including mustangs rear main seals.
If the owners manual says synthetic then run synthetic otherwise change the oil at regular intervals, use a quality oil and you will be fine for most people.
Tell me those stripes are stickers please. Otherwise, what a knucklehead paint job!
If they are painted on, go slap the PO.
Not aimed at anyone in particular here,...just the ostriches.
Have you tried to see what they painted it with?I could tell you they're stickers, but I would be lying. Trust me, if they were stickers, I would have had them off asap.
If you look at the right side of the left stripe, on the spoiler, you'll see its chipped away. That was from me testing to see if I could chip them off. (they're painted directly on top of the blue, which is also painted directly on top of the stock paint. As far as I can tell anyways.)
My brothers hypothesis, is they started drinking, decided to add stripes, started on the right side, and by the time they were starting with the left, they were ****faced.
Anyways, I was thinking of trying to chip off the stripes, then buff the paint, but decided not to because I'm afraid some spots wouldn't chip off, or I'd end up chipping off the blue, and just making it worse.
With that in mind, any other ideas on how to remove them? (until I get it properly painted, which will likely be several years.)
The PO and his buddies.
Have you tried to see what they painted it with?
Take a little laquer thinner and a rag and test it to see if it wipes off. If it does, it's fairly easy to get rid of them. Albeit time intensive on a long Saturday.
Let me know what happens with that.
Holy crap! Really?! They sprayed the whole car with a rattle can?!Wouldn't that also take off the blue too? I'm guessing both the blue and stripes are rattle canned. I shall try that though on an inconspicuous spot. Thanks. I will be sure to report back when I get around to it doing it.
Holy crap! Really?! They sprayed the whole car with a rattle can?!
That could be a problem then.
Try a small area on the blue down low too. Might as well know what you got.
Holy schneikes!Wouldn't that also take off the blue too? I'm guessing both the blue and stripes are rattle canned. I shall try that though on an inconspicuous spot. Thanks. I will be sure to report back when I get around to it doing it.
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