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gear lube

Old Mar 25, 2007 | 06:51 PM
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gear lube

hey i was wondering what type of gear lube should i get for my sr20det tranny i was thinkin about this stuff.

http://www.royalpurple.com/prodsa/scmax.html

let me know what you guys think
Old Mar 25, 2007 | 07:02 PM
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not bad..... some of the claims say it produces more power............... but as with everything its a personal choice. i run Mobil1 or motul.
Old Mar 25, 2007 | 07:02 PM
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royal purples sweet but expensive *** hell, i used some like mobil 1 or something i used 80w90 and its fine
Old Mar 25, 2007 | 07:02 PM
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i can get royal purple on base its 11 bucks a bottle.
Old Mar 25, 2007 | 07:05 PM
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is that for a qt., cuz damn i paid 3 dollars a qt for my mobil 1
Old Mar 25, 2007 | 07:09 PM
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yea royal purple is 11bucks on base per bottle.
Old Mar 25, 2007 | 07:12 PM
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wow thats crazy it probly works good though its supposed to smooth worn bearings and stuff but damn you could buy liquid gold for that much lol
Old Mar 25, 2007 | 07:21 PM
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hey why go cheap on gear oil in a drift car plus im doin nothing but royal purple oil in my motor.
Old Mar 25, 2007 | 07:28 PM
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thats true i have royal purple oil in my sr that costed me 7 bucks a qt
Old Mar 25, 2007 | 07:35 PM
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check this stuff out
http://phase2motorsports.stores.yahoo.net/rehedush.html
Its supposed to be pretty good. I know alot of people who use it and are satisfied with it. I plan on using it when my motor/trans goes in.

As for Royal Purple, I know their synthetic oils are really top quality. The procedures that goes into is very intricate and its not like they just dump random stuff into a purple bottle and charge you 11 clams per qt.
Old Mar 26, 2007 | 06:57 AM
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hmmm ive heard of the redline products i heard their pretty damn good.Maby ill go with them for driveline fluids and royal purple for engine fluids
Old Mar 26, 2007 | 07:36 PM
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i got crap in right now, so hard to shift. im gonna get some this weekend probally. either royal but im broke so i think ill settle for mobil this time.
Old Mar 26, 2007 | 07:54 PM
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Royal Purple here, no regrets.
Old Mar 26, 2007 | 08:31 PM
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i have no job lol but unemployment is gonna kick in here soon im gonna finish my damn car so i dont wanna hear broke haha.I wonder how much kidneys are goin for?..............anyone wanna buy some body parts will trade good working body organs for sr20det parts or cash lol.
Old Mar 26, 2007 | 08:37 PM
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I hear some hospitals give a pretty penny for *********, you may want to look into it, lol.

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