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Whats the best engine oil to use for N/A R33 GTS25.

Car has HPR10 in it, not wanting to use a Synthetic oil due to costs.

I know that Penrite is great but just checking if there is a better choice.

Engine has 78 000k's and is all original, oil presure sits on 4 bar cruise.

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Turbo or non turbo you should always use a Good Synthetic Oil $50 or $60 dollars.. $10 oil filter and sump plug washer..

Oil is not something you want to cheap out on, and lets face it $70 every 5000km probably 10000km for a non turbo with good oil, is not a lot.

Enjoy. :P

lol jason you know that redline is worth a piece of gold per drop :thumbsup:

Be cool and get all your oils redline then you will never ever have too worry about having bad oil its only about

$200 for engine 7.6L of it.....

lol jason you know that redline is worth a piece of gold per drop :D

Be cool and get all your oils redline then you will never ever have too worry about having bad oil its only about

$200 for engine 7.6L of it.....

ur the one that sniffed it n spilt it!!! hahahahaha! :ermm:

on the other hand, there's no point paying more for oil than you actually need to.

$200 every 5000 kms is gonna add up pretty quick, especially if you're like me and average 25000kms a year.

Anyone using $100+ oil in a n/a rb25 skyline (which I doubt is even worth $10K these days) is just throwing their money away. Sure its gonna be a better oil, but at the end of the day, your car wont break down on the cheaper (synthetic) oil and the engine will more than likely last just as long with any synthetic oil. Remember you dont actually need the "best" - you only need "good enough".

The oil Nissan recommend and use isn't even synthetic, so almost any synthetic oil will be better than whats recommended by Nissan.

Personally I would use a reasonably good synthetic oil around the $50-60 range either mobil1 (if you can find it cheap) or shell helix or castrol edge or something. Then change it every 10,000kms unless you're doing track days or something. If you think thats too long maybe 7500kms but I reckon 5000kms is overkill if you're just driving to work/the shops etc. The car's not even a turbo so it'll have a pretty easy life.

So many people on here recommend spending a small fortune just on regular maintenance items. If our cars really are that good, then why do we need to spend way more than the average joe in his falcodore to get the same amount of kms out of them (usually less)? I can hear the falcodore owners laughing at anyone who thinks his $9000 car needs $200 oil every 5000 kms.

most falcodore owners also look after their cars shamefully. Not to mention the amount that need an engine rebuild at ~200000km. Preventative maintenence is ALWAYS better than corrective.

That said I wouldn't be putting anything better than Castrol Edge in a N/A Skyline.

as i said earlier in the thread, if you are only using it as a daily, there is no point putting expensive oil in as it's just a waste. and at the end of the day, are you still going to own the car in 10 years time? if yes then you could use full synthetic oil, but if you are only going to keep it while you are on your p's, then using something like redline is pointless. sure if you go to track days, etc then use the better oil, but for every day driving, the difference in wear, etc is minimal. and often people running high grade oils are running the sort of viscosity that is good for performance driving but not that great for general driving so are probably doing more harm than good.

The car has been modded to a RB27

Being modded at the moment, going to be modded more. Seeing track days (circuit and drag). Going too keep for as long as it will live as its VERY fuel efficent (and i love skylines) and i can afford a turbo as a track car and use NA for everday. Its convienient for me and i changed all the oils in my car for $650 with redline because i work in the spareparts market so i dont mind, i have to money too spend on it and i know the oil works. The lightweight shockproof is the best thing i have brought for my car so far.

For a everyday NA skyline Nulon 10w-40 fully synthetic is a high market group 3 oil and at under $60 for 5L and being a fully owned aussie product definatly my 2nd choice of oils.

The car has been modded to a RB27

Being modded at the moment, going to be modded more. Seeing track days (circuit and drag). Going too keep for as long as it will live as its VERY fuel efficent (and i love skylines) and i can afford a turbo as a track car and use NA for everday. Its convienient for me and i changed all the oils in my car for $650 with redline because i work in the spareparts market so i dont mind, i have to money too spend on it and i know the oil works. The lightweight shockproof is the best thing i have brought for my car so far.

For a everyday NA skyline Nulon 10w-40 fully synthetic is a high market group 3 oil and at under $60 for 5L and being a fully owned aussie product definatly my 2nd choice of oils.

get it back on the road :P

Turbo or non turbo you should always use a Good Synthetic Oil $50 or $60 dollars.. $10 oil filter and sump plug washer..

Oil is not something you want to cheap out on, and lets face it $70 every 5000km probably 10000km for a non turbo with good oil, is not a lot.

Enjoy. :)

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