Possible for car to be stronger after oil change???

Foxfan88

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I changed oil today.

I was running 20w50 with some additive, dont remember the name.

Today i put in 10w40(castrol GTX highmilage) with some lucas.

What does the lucas stuff actually do anyway (feels like it did something)

But the car feels a tad faster, is this in my head or was it the oil, going from thicker to a thinner oil??

 

Car RamRod

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according to gran turismo, an oil change give more hp

 

sgarlic

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Well, thicker oil like 20w50 supposedly makes the engine have to run harder to produce power.. a thinner oil would theoretically make the engine have to run less hard to put out power.. so sure..it's possible.

 

HISSIN50

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Changing the oil should produce no benefits which you can tangibly feel (usually it requires ~15 HP gain to be tangible - feel it in the SOTP's).

But sure, after an oil change, the cars often 'sound' better, dont they? Ditto for after a plug change.

I am not a fan of any oil additive.

Good luck.

 

The Shape

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For what it is worth my car always feels faster after I wash and wax it. LOL
Like Sqarlic said the 10W-40 should be a little bit easier for the engine to pump around than the 20W-50. But adding lucas to it might actually make it harder that stuff is super thick. But whatever works for you is fine. I don't think you can go to far wrong as long as you stay away from stuff with teflon in it. For the record I run 20W-50 with no additives in the summer time.

 

Foxfan88

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Yeah maybe thats whats making the difference to me, the car sounds better.
I'm liking how it runs now, should i switch to 10w30 in the winter or what??