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<blockquote data-quote="Keith Tedford" data-source="post: 24593" data-attributes="member: 1228"><p>Perhaps it is being cynical but do you ever wonder if Mobil paid GM to put their emblem on the Corvette oil fill cap? I can't think of better place for advertising your oil. Back in the day, I put close to 200K miles on our 427 Chevelle using off the shelf regular name band oils. The miles weren't all easy. No synthetics back then. When I tore the engine down, the crank was still fine and the pistons slid right out of the bores without ridge reaming. The bores were still good too. Are the oils REALLY all that much better today, or are we being fed a lot of hype? Lowering zinc levels to help save catalytic converters from contamination, wreaked havoc on flat tappet cams. A bottle of GM EOS seemed to keep my engines safe while still using off the shelf name brand standard oils. I'm not saying that synthetics aren't good but do they warrant the ridiculous prices charged for them? You might check <a href="http://www.chevelles.com" target="_blank">www.chevelles.com</a> and search for tests that Scott Wheaton had done on oils. It's hard to argue with independent lab results.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Keith Tedford, post: 24593, member: 1228"] Perhaps it is being cynical but do you ever wonder if Mobil paid GM to put their emblem on the Corvette oil fill cap? I can't think of better place for advertising your oil. Back in the day, I put close to 200K miles on our 427 Chevelle using off the shelf regular name band oils. The miles weren't all easy. No synthetics back then. When I tore the engine down, the crank was still fine and the pistons slid right out of the bores without ridge reaming. The bores were still good too. Are the oils REALLY all that much better today, or are we being fed a lot of hype? Lowering zinc levels to help save catalytic converters from contamination, wreaked havoc on flat tappet cams. A bottle of GM EOS seemed to keep my engines safe while still using off the shelf name brand standard oils. I'm not saying that synthetics aren't good but do they warrant the ridiculous prices charged for them? You might check [url]www.chevelles.com[/url] and search for tests that Scott Wheaton had done on oils. It's hard to argue with independent lab results. [/QUOTE]
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