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Old 2004-06-02, 10:22 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by Dean
In what business? The oil business, the oil change, mechanics, race shops, what? I can't imagine why. Redline is probably the premier race and high performance oil. It is used in some of the harshest race and off-road applications I am aware of by the people who have to pay for their oil. (AKA, no big oil sponsor.)
I have no detailed tech to bring to the table right now, it's just what I've heard from people who have used various different oils in large displacement N/A engines (for instance Mustangs...) and small displacement turbo engines (for instance WRX's...) in a road racing setting. They were saying that it doesn't hold up as well as other common brands in controlled tests, and bearings don't look so good after engine tear-downs. Take that for whatever it's worth...
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