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Royal Purple Horsepower increase

Started by rb26det · 20 Feb 2011 · 9 replies

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rb26detArchived member
I was reading about some new oil royal purple makes more power anyone use it???
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aaron09_Archived member
Youve been reading too many street commodores mags dude
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rb26detArchived member
is it all bulls%%t
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Duke57TTArchived member
Oil does make a difference, the amount though is small. It helps to lower, I think the correct term is parasitic losses in the engine.
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EpitaphArchived member
yeh that would be the correct term.. decrease maybe?
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rb26detArchived member
ok has anyone on here actually used it, just i drive a NA and need all the hp i can get
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Duke57TTArchived member
its not going to help you... a stiff tailwind would give more. Just use a good quality spec oil like Nulon 15w30 or 40 or HPR30 and it will be fine.
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ITG-05ZArchived member
dont know about you guys my old turbo engine the one which went 9.1 down the quarter with 700++ rwhp ran full synthetic 20w - 50 royal purple and the motor felt 20 times more healthier and smoother and more responsive from when i tried and ran the castrol oils and the mobil synthetic oils etc in it
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MorgzArchived member
sounds like a speal from people that can pick the difference between ultimate and vpower fuels while driving their n/a commos. All in ya head mate... its marketing bullsh1t.
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pro747Archived member
i agree with ari 100% only because i have his old turbo engine. which is still going strong Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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