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There seem to be quite a few "high performance" oils available these days and also spark plugs with funky new features, so I was just wondering which engine oils and spark plugs are best for Skylines (and turbo-charged cars in general).

Anyone got any recommendations ?

Cheers,

EXIT

yeah i went to autobarn yesterday to choose an oil for my gtst .. theres so much to choose from .. i mean every maker has about 2 or 3 high performance oils ... i'm going to try either the mobile 1 or the castrol .. can't remember what its called ... also heard mutol was good but that was like 80 bucks for 3 litres and it came in a metal can whereas the others came in a plastic one :P

Exit,

The high performance oils out there are excellent, i.e. Redline,HKS, but at 2-3 times more they aren't worth the money unless your doing circuit racing. In circuit racing a normal oil will start to break down, whereas these oils should still function quite well.

I use Mobil 1 Synthetic, and it seems to be very good. Whatever oil you choose just make sure to change it regularly along with the oil filter.

With spark plugs I wouldn't bother with any of the fancy ones, the factory platnium plugs gapped correctly will be fine, or go for the Iridium ones.

Just my 2c.

See'ya:burnout:

I was shown a dyno graph of a 180sx running oldish platinum plugs and standard new 4 dollar plugs and the difference was huge!! (the shitty ones were much better) And then another run with new HKS ones, it was like an extra .5hp. My oppinion is just buy cheapish plugs and change em' every service or second service. Also, platinum plugs should come ready gapped. Never re-gap them, what makes them platinum is a thin layer, if you push in a felar gauge it scrapes it off.

Oil: I use Shell Helix (fully synthetic) 5W-40. It's about $42 for 5 litres and performs really well. Im my experience, It has stayed cleaner than Mobil and Castrol oils, and my car seems just a little smoother with it.

As far as plugs go, just stick with $3-$4 copper plugs NGK-BCPR6E (For RB25), as the only diffence with coppers and Iridium/Platinum plugs is that the coppers dont last as long. But seeing as Skylines run so rich, changing plugs more often is desirable, as you would need to pull your platinum/Iridium plugs out for cleaning every so often.

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