Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

i use the sougi, its a 10w40 im pretty sure..

he has the 32R brakes. you will need an adaptor sleeve to fit these. but he is upgrading to the 34R brembos soon, which bolt straight on to the fronts. so far the only bolt on for the rear i know about is the 350z brembos.

Thanks for clearing that up Scotty it all makes sense now. :rolleyes:

Do you think that nissans 7-30w oil is good choice, whats everyone else using?

I know 300v is best which I use in gtr but 90 for 4 lt is a bit rough for frequent oil change.

nissan is 55 bucks for 5 lt.

Cheers

Dave

300v will last you 10,000kms before you need to change it (just get a good filter).

Nissan's oil is a mineral base. Unsatisfactory in this day and age IMO.

300v will last you 10,000kms before you need to change it (just get a good filter).

Nissan's oil is a mineral base. Unsatisfactory in this day and age IMO.

you can get Greddy filters from Autobarn at about $20 i think

Synthetic filter with a Magnet.

saves gettin em online through ebay etc..

you can get Greddy filters from Autobarn at about $20 i think

Synthetic filter with a Magnet.

saves gettin em online through ebay etc..

That's not bad! I used a Ryco Z445 for my last oil change and that was $18 from SuperCrap...

Will be getting the Greddy from now...

yeh they are the same size as stock aswell. especially if your doing 10,000k changes, they will definitely last the extra 5k.

if your doing 5000k changes, ryco is fine. jus whack a magnet on it lol. it works suprisingly

yeh they are the same size as stock aswell. especially if your doing 10,000k changes, they will definitely last the extra 5k.

if your doing 5000k changes, ryco is fine. jus whack a magnet on it lol. it works suprisingly

lol... I don't think it is the same thing mate, you need to take into account the flow pattern of the filter so sticking a magnet "anywhere" is not that great an idea IMO

The reason the PE/HKS/Greddy magnets are the size/shape and positioned where they are is so the oil flows over and around the magnet with as little disruption as possible and without the chance of clogging up one area of the filter.

lol... I don't think it is the same thing mate, you need to take into account the flow pattern of the filter so sticking a magnet "anywhere" is not that great an idea IMO

The reason the PE/HKS/Greddy magnets are the size/shape and positioned where they are is so the oil flows over and around the magnet with as little disruption as possible and without the chance of clogging up one area of the filter.

:teehee:

yeh lol so a magnet right on the end of the filter

it used to work on the integra.. didnt clog anything. theyre magnets actually designed to go out the end of the filter.. comes with like 10 of em incase you lose one driving around haha

i wouldnt do it anymore. but hearing abit of metal(the magnet) hit the floor would scare the shit out of me.. lol

lol... not to worry, just pay a king's ransom for some 300v and run it for 10,000kms.

interesting fact: I got hold of the GW 'oil engineers' and was told that the SynX stuff is ethanol tolerant. you wont notice more that a 1kw difference, only downside is sougi 10,000k changes, and synx will need 5,000k.

fact that its mineral/synthetic mixture is abit of a ehhh, but at 5,000k changes wouldnt cause problems right?

interesting fact: I got hold of the GW 'oil engineers' and was told that the SynX stuff is ethanol tolerant. you wont notice more that a 1kw difference, only downside is sougi 10,000k changes, and synx will need 5,000k.

fact that its mineral/synthetic mixture is abit of a ehhh, but at 5,000k changes wouldnt cause problems right?

You should be okay with a semi for 5000kms.... BUT considering the power level and previous issues with turbo failure, why would you skimp on the life blood of your engine?

Oh, and oil is not there to extract power from your engine, it is there to lubricate and clean.

Whom have you been talking to that measure how good an oil is by the kw +/-???

Edited by iamhe77

You should be okay with a semi for 5000kms.... BUT considering the power level and previous issues with turbo failure, why would you skimp on the life blood of your engine?

Oh, and oil is not there to extract power from your engine, it is there to lubricate and clean.

Whom have you been talking to that measure how good an oil is by the kw +/-???

no i meant as in maybe 1kw less.. as its quality isnt up there with sougi..

im not using it, just voicing what i was told. im really dreading the day i have to go back to buying $120 worth of 300v, or whatever the rediculously stupid price is.

interesting fact: I got hold of the GW 'oil engineers' and was told that the SynX stuff is ethanol tolerant. you wont notice more that a 1kw difference, only downside is sougi 10,000k changes, and synx will need 5,000k.

fact that its mineral/synthetic mixture is abit of a ehhh, but at 5,000k changes wouldnt cause problems right?

Yeah, well the GW "oil engineer" recommended a 20w50 mineral oil for my 170hp GSXR1000; rolleyes.gif

Worst. Oil. EVER.

I argued the toss with him, as I was face to face in their head office in Penrith, and he assured me HEAPS of other GSXR owners were using it, and loved it.

Well either they, or him are stupid wankers. Bike wouldn't idle, wouldn't rev out; felt about 30hp down.

Threw that shit away, never again.

Silkolene 10w40 full synth; back to normal. Bad advice; shit oil.

Edited by Daleo

Yeah, well the GW "oil engineer" recommended a 20w50 mineral oil for my 170hp GSXR1000; rolleyes.gif

Worst. Oil. EVER.

I argued the toss with him, as I was face to face in their head office in Penrith, and he assured me HEAPS of other GSXR owners were using it, and loved it.

Well either they, or him are stupid wankers. Bike wouldn't rev out; felt about 30hp down.

Threw that shit away, never again.

oh.

well not using that then lol

oh.

well not using that then lol

Same guy recommended a 20w50 mineral for my Stagea; actively tried to steer me away from Sougi, even after I specifically asked for it.

Tried to feed me all manner of bunkum about how a mineral was WAAAY better for my situation than a Semi or even Full Synth. Explained the engine, and the fact it was turboed, told him that cost wasn't an issue but he still pushed it.

I asked if he was a salesman, but he assured me he was one of their engineering staff.

Edited by Daleo

Same guy recommended a 20w50 mineral for my Stagea; actively tried to steer me away from Sougi, even after I specifically asked for it.

Tried to feed me all manner of bunkum about how a mineral was WAAAY better for my situation than a Semi or even Full Synth. Explained the engine, and the fact it was turboed, told him that cost wasn't an issue but he still pushed it.

I asked if he was a salesman, but he assured me he was one of their engineering staff.

maybe they got theyre engineers degree, by engineering their way through the maze on the back of a coco pops box lol

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now



  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • Even more fun, leave all the ADAS stuff plugged in, but in different locations, hopefully avoid any codes!   And honestly, all these new cars with their weird electronics. Pull all the electronics out Duncan, and just shove an aftermarket ECU and if needed a trans controller in, along with a PDM. Make it run basic but race car styled!
    • To follow up a question from earlier too since I had the front bar off again (fking!) This is what is between the bumper and the drivers side wheel And this is the navigator side, only one thing but its a biggy! So basically....no putting coolers in the wheel arches without a lot of moving other stuff. Assuming I move to properly race prepping this car I'll take that job on and see how the computers respond to removing a whole bunch of ADAS modules
    • So I prepped the car for another track day on Wednesday (will be interesting to see coolant temps post flushing out and the larger reservoir, with a forecast of 3-14 being 20o cooler than last time I took it out). Couple of things to mention; since I am just driving the car and not taking a support vehicle, I took the rear seats out and just loaded the back up Team Trackday style. Look at all that space! To cover off removing the rear seat....it is weird (note the hybrid is probably different because it wouldn't have folding rear seats) Basically, you remove the lower seat base, very similar to a r series but it is a clip that pulls forward to release the base rather than it being bolted down. Easy Then, you need to remove the side section of the rear seat on each side. There is a 14mm head nut at the bottom of the side piece, the it slides upwards off a hook at the top to release; you also need to unhook the seatbelt from the loop at the top. Then the centre piece is weird. You need to release/fold the seats forward with the tab in the boot on each side From there, there are 2,x12mm headed bolts holding the rear of each seat to the folding bracket, under the trim between the rear seat and the boot (4x christmas tree clips there, they suck). The seat is out but you can see where the bolts attach to the bracket
    • As discussed in the previous post, the bushes in the 110 needed replacing. I took this opportunity to replace the castor bushes, the front lower control arm, lower the car and get the alignment dialled in with new tyres. I took it down to Alignment Motorsports on the GC to get this work done and also get more out of the Shockworks as I felt like I wasn't getting the full use out of them.  To cut a very long story short, it ended up being the case the passenger side castor arm wouldn't accept the brand new bush as the sleeve had worn badly enough to the point you could push the new bush in by hand and completely through. Trying a pair of TRD bushes didn't fix the issue either (I had originally gone with Hardrace bushes). We needed to urgently source another castor arm, and thankfully this was sourced and the guys at the shop worked on my car until 7pm on a Saturday to get everything done. The car rides a lot nicer now with the suspension dialled in properly. Lowered the car a little as well to suit the lower profile front tyres, and just bring the car down generally. Eternally thankful for the guys down at the shop to get the car sorted, we both pulled big favours from our contacts to get it done on the Saturday.  Also plugged in the new Stedi foglights into the S15, and even from a quick test in the garage I'm keen to see how they look out on the road. I had some concerns about the length of the LED body and whether it'd fit in the foglight housing but it's fine.  I've got a small window coming up next month where I'll likely get a little paint work done on the 110 to remove the rear wing, add a boot wing and roof wing, get the side skirt fixed up and colour match the little panel on the tail lights so that I can install some badges that I've kept in storage. I'm also tempted to put in a new pair of headlights on the 110.  Until then, here's some more pictures from Easter this year. 
    • I would put a fuel pressure gauge between the filter and the fuel rail, see if it's maintaining good fuel pressure at idle going up to the point when it stalls. Do you see any strange behavior in commanded fuel leading up to the point when it stalls? You might have to start going through the service manual and doing a long list of sensor tests if it's not the fuel system for whatever reason.
×
×
  • Create New...