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Kozeyekan

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Hi everyone.

Well, I went on the hunt for royal purple engine oil and tranny fluid. I went to various places and they either had to import from the US taking a month or more, and only did it by the quart, or they would not order it in at all.

In the end, I decided to drop a line to royal purple Australia and ask. I talked with a good bloke and he said because they didn't have many distributors in Melbourne, they'd sell to me direct. I bought some and am off and running.

They also said they'd look after us if I wanted to organise a group buy, so here I go.

The price they gave me was 5ltr 10W40 $82.50

75W90 1 Quart $28.70 x 3

Total including freight $180.60

5 litres is about 5.5 quarts, the best I've heard of was for about $17.50 a quart, this works out to be about $15 a quart.

If we get enough interest, I'm sure they can do better, but it's kind of a balancing act.

I need to know if you guys are interested. The more interest, the better deal we get, the better deal we get, the more interest.

Drop a line here if you want to get some. If you have any queries, let me know on this topic so I can answer it here for everyone.

Anyone that does not know about royal purple, feel free to check out www.royalpurple.com.au or www.royalpurple.com for the US site. From a lot of opinions, it's a competitor redline in terms of performance, but a bit cheaper. As my car is not hard tuned, I can definately justify getting great fluids for my vehicle, but redline is a bit pricey for me.

Anyone else who has used Royal Purple, feel free to endorse or discuss here.

I'll see how many are interested and we'll go from there.

PS: http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...showtopic=22458 is the ongoing discussion about 'the good on oils' RP gets a bit of endorsement there.

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no interest?

Oh well.

I should mention that street commodores did a test that measures film strength and metal on metal protection, and Royal Purple came out on top, beating Redline, Penzoil, motul and many other top name brands.

The test involved having a rotating disc dipped in an oil well making contact with a non lubricated cylinder (meeting point perpendicular to rotation of cylinder, meaning lotsa friction. They then put weights on the arm holding the cylinder to increase load.

The only oil to come near royal purple was a penzoil one. Can't remember which. It took a full 3 pound load before a scar on the bearing could be seen.

Royal purple took 3 pounds and no scar until they took the oil well away, and even then the scar was miniscule.

I've got the oil in my engine and have noted a slight drop in oil pressure (went from 7.5W-30 to 10W40 though) a much easier cold start, quieter idling and a better ride, although I admit I did an ECU reset when I did the oil change, so that would have had an impact too.

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I would be keen for some diff/transfer case/gearbox fluid.

I have a 1990 R32 GTR.

I will just have to find out how many litres it takes etc.

Keep me updated tho!!

Cheers,

Dan :happy:

yeh me 2.drop me a pm when ya no

cheers

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no interest?

Oh well.

I should mention that street commodores did a test that measures film strength and metal on metal protection, and Royal Purple came out on top, beating Redline, Penzoil, motul and many other top name brands.

The test involved having a rotating disc dipped in an oil well making contact with a non lubricated cylinder (meeting point perpendicular to rotation of cylinder, meaning lotsa friction. They then put weights on the arm holding the cylinder to increase load.

The only oil to come near royal purple was a penzoil one. Can't remember which. It took a full 3 pound load before a scar on the bearing could be seen.

Royal purple took 3 pounds and no scar until they took the oil well away, and even then the scar was miniscule.

I've got the oil in my engine and have noted a slight drop in oil pressure (went from 7.5W-30 to 10W40 though) a much easier cold start, quieter idling and a better ride, although I admit I did an ECU reset when I did the oil change, so that would have had an impact too.

film strength is only one of the key compoents in a a good oil. I have seen many UOAs on RP and Redline cars and seen better results overall with Redline. Although I believe RP is good, some love it and some hate it.

just have a look on the Oil thread in general, will be some more info. Its by no means conclusive based on a subjective test as stated.

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film strength is only one of the key compoents in a a good oil. I have seen many UOAs on RP and Redline cars and seen better results overall with Redline. Although I believe RP is good, some love it and some hate it.

just have a look on the Oil thread in general, will be some more info. Its by no means conclusive based on a subjective test as stated.

No argument here, Redline is definately a great oil, but it is by no means a perfect one. I couldn't justify the extra $ for little to no benifit on my car. But hey, that's my choice. I'm just extending that choice to others.

I beleive the GTR takes 4.8 litres of oil.

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No argument here, Redline is definately a great oil, but it is by no means a perfect one. I couldn't justify the extra $ for little to no benifit on my car. But hey, that's my choice. I'm just extending that choice to others.

I beleive the GTR takes 4.8 litres of oil.

fair enough...just clearing the air for people to make up their own mind. your price is cheep tho.

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no interest?

Oh well.

I should mention that street commodores did a test that measures film strength and metal on metal protection, and Royal Purple came out on top, beating Redline, Penzoil, motul and many other top name brands.

The test involved having a rotating disc dipped in an oil well making contact with a non lubricated cylinder (meeting point perpendicular to rotation of cylinder, meaning lotsa friction. They then put weights on the arm holding the cylinder to increase load.

The only oil to come near royal purple was a penzoil one. Can't remember which. It took a full 3 pound load before a scar on the bearing could be seen.

Royal purple took 3 pounds and no scar until they took the oil well away, and even then the scar was miniscule.

I've got the oil in my engine and have noted a slight drop in oil pressure (went from 7.5W-30 to 10W40 though) a much easier cold start, quieter idling and a better ride, although I admit I did an ECU reset when I did the oil change, so that would have had an impact too.

haha a totally irrelevant test.... they used a grease tester....... anyone can add additives to pass that test but it does not replicate any condition found inside a combustion engine.

edit: oops old post :woot:

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