Penrite 10w-50 vs 10 tenths?

[phatmonk]

Penrite 10w-50 vs 10 tenths?

Hi all,

Received a bottle of Penrite HPR 10W-50.  Reading posts and The Goods On Oils it seems the consensus is Penrite 10W-40 10 Tenths.  It is for an R33 GTR.

For the uneducated (me), I'd say the HPR 10W-50 is fine.  Before dumping the unknown oil in there, what are people's thoughts on the HPR 10W-50?

Cheers!

Edited January 25, 2017 by phatmonk

[KiwiRS4T]

Motul all the way for me but every car is different. Since you have the oil (one bottle? - what's that in litres>) just chuck it in and try it - your motor won't seize up  - just monitor heat, oil pressure etc and see how you go.

[phatmonk]

... (one bottle? - what's that in litres>) just chuck it in and try it - your motor won't seize up  - just monitor heat, oil pressure etc and see how you go.

Cheers. It's a 5ltr bottle.

[Hadouken]

Lol.

It's all dependant on the age of the motor and the intended purpose.

Use 10w50. It'll be fine.

Want more info?

Go read the 200 pages of the dedicated oils thread here on sau.

[phatmonk]

Go read the 200 pages of the dedicated oils thread here on sau.

It's about 330 pages. I had a look, TLDR it all... It's a forum; I used search, looked at the stickies and asked a question. That's what happens, right? Maybe I'm simpler than you, sorry.

[iruvyouskyrine]

It's only an RB26 just use anything 40 or 50 weight and it will be fine.

[89CAL]

I run 10tenths 10w40 in my forged RB25. Been a good oil so far.

[niZmO_Man]

HRP10 is a 10W-40 oil that has some additives that makes it a '50' when hot.

Racing 10 (10Tenths) is a full syn oil (more expensive, on par with Royal Purple, Motul Chrono, etc, group 5 oil I believe?)

Either will be fine. The Racing 10 has better shear properties at high temps/pressures. So if your engine cops some track work, I'd use that over HPR. HPR is fine for street driving.

[phatmonk]

Thanks @niZmO_Man.  That's an actual answer!

[niZmO_Man]

The huge oil thread has the answer, but it can take quite a while to trawl through it. You'll learn heaps though, people like to get technical around here (which is a good thing). Now go read the RB oil control thread .

Oh and on my GT-R, standard engine/boost/no oil cooler, I ran Racing 10 (10W-40) and Premium 5 (5W-60) on the track with no noticeable difference (going off engine noise and standard oil pressure gauge, car ran hot because I didn't flush the cooling system). Back in the early days I ran HPR10 for street duties and it was fine.

[iruvyouskyrine]

My answer was an actual answer. But I have used 15W-50 in my car for years and it has been fine. 40+ degree drift days at QR and I beat my engine harder than an unwanted red headed stepchild and it has never let me down. No oil cooler either.

[iruvyouskyrine]

Penrite 10tenths 15W-50**