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Where to get decent oil for my r33 gtst from.

Up till now ive always used ELF, but i used to get someone else to do it (they were cheap) but they gone broke so figured its cheaper to do it myself.

Just dont know what type to get, is it 15w40 or something??? synthetic or semmi synthetic? brands? rough prices? where to get them from...

cheers fellow SAUers

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Hiya Tom,

ELF Excellium SM 10W-50 from

i) Powerplay Imports 82 Victoria Rd Drummoyne 98197555 - take your SAU membership card for 10% discount

ii) Artarmon Mechanical Repairs at 77 Reserve Rd Artarmon 94371316 $70 for 5l

iii) Duncan has Elf but a different spec on this forum as a bulk buy of 20l

Tez

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2L when I was buying it, and was around 30 odd bucks a bottle.

when you need to buy 3 bottles (R33 GTS-t is 4.5L capacity from memory) it gets to around $100+ once you include a new filter.

Yeah 2L or 4L..

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I use Royal Purple 10W-40 in my car for the moment. My last oil change cost me around $105 all up for oil and K&N Oil filter (for my extra 11ty billion spare wheel kWs y0! lol). My next change I'm going to grab a 20L drum of ELF Excellium and hope it ends up being cheaper in the long run ;)

Did you take your car to Joel at Excite Autos for service? He was pretty cheap, pity he has decided to close up shop, assuming I assume correctly :(

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yes you assume correctly matt.

Also I noticed on christmass cruise you still had the rubber tube on you front head rests from when you took delivery of the car from joel. Why do you keep them on???

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has joel closed down already or will be closing down? does anyone still have warranty on their cars from him?

i live around the corner from him so if anyone needs warrantee jobs give me a pm

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i live around the corner from him so if anyone needs warrantee jobs give me a pm

did you work for him? coz there was a guy who did all the mechanical work for him.

HAS HE CLOSED DOWN OR IS HE STILL OPEN????????

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has joel closed down already or will be closing down? does anyone still have warranty on their cars from him?

His warranties where through a separate company, no matter what happens with the place you bought the car from the warranty stands until it expires. Personally, I voided mine because I couldn't be bothered going to a mechanic to do something that I can do lol

Sorry to hijack the thread temporarily, has any one switched from Royal Purple to Elf, or Vice Versa that can do a direct comparison of both/// :0 thank you mighty wizards.

I went from ELF to Castrol Edge to Royal Purple... all I can say is that on two completely different days and two completely different dyno I got a 12 kW increase with the Royal Purple. Probably as accurate estimation which is the better as flipping a coin :P

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allot of people hate motul with a passion,

friend of mine compared it in an xr6 turbo to royal purple, recons he had 3kw gain and cooler running temps than motul. Differnt days though, other variables i guess. but thats what he said....

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