<VV> Selecting an oil

[Sethracer at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/27/2006 4:18:55 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
corvair at fnader.com writes:
The good news  is that ANY of these oils (whether you consider them 
"fully synthetic" or not) are just fine for your Corvair and will FAR 
outperform any nonsynthetic oil. Most folks agree that Amsoil is the 
best; the question is whether it's worth the additional cost.

I change my oil every 5000 miles (or more usually twice a year) and for 
the last few years I've been very happily running Castrol Syntec 5W-50.  
Amsoil in the transaxle though.

Bill
How about "Most people who are Amsoil dealers feel it is the best?" Many 
people feel Red Line oil is the best, even non-dealers. Neither does as much 
sponsorship as Royal Purple does for the Drag Racers. I have also run Amsoil in 
transaxles, both the Hewland in the Lola and in various Corvairs. But for engine 
oil, besides the Mobil1 in the Corvette  (warrantee issues) I have run almost 
all brands of the Synthetics - excluding the "semis" of the last few years. I 
have never been disappointed. Of course, the last oil that really disappointed 
me was the Castrol 20-50 that I tried in a road race car. (Circa 1975) It 
foamed to beat heck! It looked like a Chocolate Float was coming out of the oil 
filler tube!  Valvoline Racing oil replaced it and worked fine. This was in a 
racing application.- Seth Emerson