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Re: Anyone ever measured the gains from Synthetic fluids?
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Posted by gorper (more from gorper) on Mon, 15 Jul 2002 03:18:20 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: Anyone ever measured the gains from Synthetic fluids?, DeeEight, Sun, 14 Jul 2002 05:43:48
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From Grassroots Motorsports:

"Lubricants
This is another area that surprised us. We have seen gains similar to those we saw with wire changes-three to four percent-in a variety of cars, merely by switching to synthetic oil. The lower friction properties of synthetics really seems to be of some benefit, especially in "today's high revving engines."
While you can expect the numbers to vary a bit from run to run on the chassis dyno (usually less than one horsepower), when you see a consistent two-horsepower jump, you know you have something.
In our BMW 318ti-a car that we had a great deal of trouble extracting more power from-replacing the stock engine oil, tranny fluid and rear end lube with Red Line synthetic products did very little to increase the maximum power output, but it did get us more than five additional horsepower at 4200 rpm-right in the meat of the powerband.
As further proof that less friction is a good thing, we've also realized power gains by using friction-fighting additives. Although we couldn't believe it at first, we did pick up measurable gains-sometimes as much as two or three percent-with a product called Oil Extreme. Although we have no reliable long-term data on these products, for many people, a few easy horsepower are worth the risk.
Oil additives cost around 10 to 15 bucks per application, while converting an entire car to synthetics should cost around $100."


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