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Just looking through the repco catalogue online Click here to 'Lasoo' the repco catalogue

Repco have a 20% OFF sale on PERFORMANCE oils - MOTUL included!!!!!!!!

The sale ends in 6 days .. i.e. 24th Dec

I'll be buying some motul chrono 300v based on my research (Royal Purple a close 2nd place) for my R34 GTT that i pick up tomorrow!!!!!! So excited!!! I'll be sure to post pics. Its running 200rwkw

P.S. Please welcome me to your boards! :D i've come from a Ford I6 and more recently a Lexus is200, so a massive jump in performance, but as you can tell i love my straight sixes!

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I will be in for that. Group buy.. do you use the Lemans or the comp ?

i'm using the chrono 10/40 for the road. but could be persuaded to get some of the other for the track.

I will look into price of drums. I think they do 20s and 60s maybe 100s as well. it's well worth it as from past experience the savings by buying in drum are pretty good.

Just looking through the repco catalogue online Click here to 'Lasoo' the repco catalogue

Repco have a 20% OFF sale on PERFORMANCE oils - MOTUL included!!!!!!!!

The sale ends in 6 days .. i.e. 24th Dec

I'll be buying some motul chrono 300v based on my research (Royal Purple a close 2nd place) for my R34 GTT that i pick up tomorrow!!!!!! So excited!!! I'll be sure to post pics. Its running 200rwkw

P.S. Please welcome me to your boards! :D i've come from a Ford I6 and more recently a Lexus is200, so a massive jump in performance, but as you can tell i love my straight sixes!

welcome to the forum. :P

thanks for the heads up on the motul discount. and you won't be dissapointed either with the 300v chrono or with the 34 GTT. :)

Ok guys i need some input here

I went to Auto barn as i get god prices on stuff there family discount and shit but they have told me to stay clear of full sythin oils in my daily driven skyline. Can you tell me why or if i should. I am using semi sythn penrits oil.

No one can answerr this.

Just looking through the repco catalogue online Click here to 'Lasoo' the repco catalogue

Repco have a 20% OFF sale on PERFORMANCE oils - MOTUL included!!!!!!!!

The sale ends in 6 days .. i.e. 24th Dec

I'll be buying some motul chrono 300v based on my research (Royal Purple a close 2nd place) for my R34 GTT that i pick up tomorrow!!!!!! So excited!!! I'll be sure to post pics. Its running 200rwkw

P.S. Please welcome me to your boards! :banana: i've come from a Ford I6 and more recently a Lexus is200, so a massive jump in performance, but as you can tell i love my straight sixes!

Welcome mate. Nice list of cars you have had. I love the is200 there a sexy car. Mate has one up here for sale now.

lol, same here :banana: 8 litre 26 sump, plus oil cooler. d'oh! wanna go halvies in a big drum of chrono 300V? :angry:

i use the 300V 'leMans' it robs me of $300+ everytime i drop it (every race meeting).

lets go 1/3rds in a barrell.

i'm using the chrono 10/40 for the road. but could be persuaded to get some of the other for the track.

I will look into price of drums. I think they do 20s and 60s maybe 100s as well. it's well worth it as from past experience the savings by buying in drum are pretty good.

i want the 15w50 competition stuff.. id be happy with 10+ litres if i can.

Just a heads up for the guys using Motul 300V range, I had some oil samples done on my 300v 15w-50. Given it's cost, I based my oil change intervals on these results - even when the oil looked black it was still well within spec, you'd be surprised how long this stuff lasts compared to other oils (as a general rule of thumb I change it only half as often compared to the previous "synthetic" I was using).

Just a heads up for the guys using Motul 300V range, I had some oil samples done on my 300v 15w-50. Given it's cost, I based my oil change intervals on these results - even when the oil looked black it was still well within spec, you'd be surprised how long this stuff lasts compared to other oils (as a general rule of thumb I change it only half as often compared to the previous "synthetic" I was using).

hmmmm... how long are you getting out of this oil ?? specs / engine punishment / km's etc etc

Maybe i can sell the 50 litres of 4000km old chrono i have in the garage on ebay :blush:

With ya there. Do ya want me to source the drum of Chrono.

maybe me, you , BB and the Guilt's can 1/4 one up...hey.

what time you knocking off ? come and have a beer on your way home.

maybe me, you , BB and the Guilt's can 1/4 one up...hey.

what time you knocking off ? come and have a beer on your way home.

KK that looks like drums of Chrono are coming to town. Maybe have to catch up with Racey & Deano for as Deano going to lake catie for Xmas Ill rings ya.

KK that looks like drums of Chrono are coming to town. Maybe have to catch up with Racey & Deano for as Deano going to lake catie for Xmas Ill rings ya.

just spoke to racey...ill come for a few too...let me know what time.

Hello is this a forum r what.

Can someone answer my question about the full synthetic oil. Why did auto barn tell me i should not run it in a rb25det for daily use. Can i run it and is there any tips etc for time it should be let warm up etc. Come on guys its not hard to answer a question.

Hello is this a forum r what.

Can someone answer my question about the full synthetic oil. Why did auto barn tell me i should not run it in a rb25det for daily use. Can i run it and is there any tips etc for time it should be let warm up etc. Come on guys its not hard to answer a question.

Because Autobarn are full of specialty qualified Skyline mechanics / engineers.

Seriously...

Because Autobarn are full of specialty qualified Skyline mechanics / engineers.

Seriously...

Hence why i am here asking people that might know something but funnily enough its pretty hard to get straight answers from some people.

It is obvious that you can run the Motul oil full synthetic oil in your car but do you need to warm it up more so then normal penrite or something. Is there shit like that you need to do.

Because Autobarn are full of specialty qualified Skyline mechanics / engineers.

Seriously...

I've been part time at Autobarn since high school, i've owned my skyline since highschool and im studying mechanical engineering, so they can't all be that bad :blush:

But seriously back to SuperS13's question, fully synthetic oils are 100% fine to use in a daily driven car. I've used it in mine for ages (owned it for 3 years and only ever ran 300V chrono or 4100 turbolight in it, depending how tight cash was. Now only ever run 300V) and its 100% fine and when i took the head off everything looked like new including all the bores. No need to treat the car any differently. Warm up times and shit have more to do with the viscosity then whether its a full synthetic or semi synthetic.

At the end of the day i always tell customers this. There is no one certain oil that can cover every single car, every climate and every use that the car is going to be treated too. For 90% of people an average off the shelf 10W40 or 20W50 oil (regardless of brand) will do the job. It's better to get the viscosity right for the climate and mileage on the car then it is for a specific brand of oil.

If you however can spend the extra money on a well branded oil such as 300V, redline, mobil 1, royal purple etc. Then honestly for a street driven car, you will never outperform above what the oil is capable off.

Hope that kind of made sense.

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I've been part time at Autobarn since high school, i've owned my skyline since highschool and im studying mechanical engineering, so they can't all be that bad :blush:

But seriously back to SuperS13's question, fully synthetic oils are 100% fine to use in a daily driven car. I've used it in mine for ages (owned it for 3 years and only ever ran 300V chrono or 4100 turbolight in it, depending how tight cash was. Now only ever run 300V) and its 100% fine and when i took the head off everything looked like new including all the bores. No need to treat the car any differently. Warm up times and shit have more to do with the viscosity then whether its a full synthetic or semi synthetic.

At the end of the day i always tell customers this. There is no one certain oil that can cover every single car, every climate and every use that the car is going to be treated too. For 90% of people an average off the shelf 10W40 or 20W50 oil (regardless of brand) will do the job. It's better to get the viscosity right for the climate and mileage on the car then it is for a specific brand of oil.

If you however can spend the extra money on a well branded oil such as 300V, redline, mobil 1, royal purple etc. Then honestly for a street driven car, you will never outperform above what the oil is capable off.

Hope that kind of made sense.

there is allways one. :D

But yeah what he said ;)

sweet. drum of the good oil is looking promising.

I did a UOA on chrono 300V in my RB26 some time back and the results were excellent. the oil was good enough to use for a long, long time. it truly is worth the money.

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