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Amsoil or Royal Purple?

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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 07:14 PM
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Default Amsoil or Royal Purple?

title says it all...

I've got 6500 miles and want to do a synthetic conversion (everything - engine, AT, xfer case, axles)
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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 07:24 PM
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amsoil if between those 2, but I use mobil1 - I like it just as well and its cheaper.
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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 08:12 PM
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i always use royal purple, haven't tried amsoil
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Old Oct 31, 2008 | 04:48 AM
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I've done 3 oil changes so far and have used Mobil 1 syn. each time.

Chose Royal purple syn. to replace the factory manual trany fluid at about 2500 miles.

I'd like to do my diff's with Mobil 1 syn. as well....what weight are you using in them?

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Old Oct 31, 2008 | 07:41 AM
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I use Royal Purple in my Camaro. I know guys who swear by it. I do too. It's good stuff. A little expensive but you only have to change it every 6k miles. I've also heard there are some benefits to using it. I think HP/torque increases by like 3%. But those are probably just rumors.
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Old Oct 31, 2008 | 07:53 AM
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Amsoil.

You can get a 'preferred customer' account and save 20-25% off retail when buying direct. Amsoil makes really good synth grease too. :-)

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Old Oct 31, 2008 | 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by jsmoriss
Amsoil.

You can get a 'preferred customer' account and save 20-25% off retail when buying direct. Amsoil makes really good synth grease too. :-)

js.
How do you go about doing that? Do you have to buy a certain amount of products from them or what?
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Old Oct 31, 2008 | 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Choppus
How do you go about doing that? Do you have to buy a certain amount of products from them or what?
It's $20/year.

amsoil.com/a/wholesale-preferred-customer

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Old Nov 1, 2008 | 06:15 AM
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If you have a Rubi the diffs are alredy synthetic from factory as stated by my dealer. For the engine since i am lazy dealer does the oil change so what ever they put in is fine with me, since it has a full warranty.
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Old Nov 1, 2008 | 08:05 AM
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Default Mobil1 all the way!

i use Mobil1 for the oil and just switched the diff fluid to Mobil1 and got better MPG also use Mobil1 in my Trans Am, nothing else!
re: discount, i am a Costco member and take advantage of the coupons they mail out to my house. just saw a coupon for $9 off a case (of 6 quarts). limit 2. also am an executice member, so i get another 2% back
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