Oil buff wants to hear from you!

[Francis]

Hi all, I'm a bit of an oil buff. I have spent years speaking with Oil companies, Chemists, race teams, engine builders and auto part manufactures from all over the world. The one area I tend to steer clear of is the Marketing dept for obvious reasons.

While there are some great boutique oils that no doubt are great, they come with ultra high price tags, and with most newish engines needing close to 8L of oil per change, you need to shop wise. I’d like to think that in most cases with most engines, a good quality oil changed often can be a wonderful thing.

I've always like the Penrite Range especially HPR 5 and 10, for their weight they offer a great additive pack and seem to of always had a good following. . Another oil I like the look of is Valvoline VR-1 racing oil it has a high Zinc count and quite a following in the USA, but no much said about it here.

Anyway, I want to hear any good or bad experiences people have had here especialy if any with Penrite or that VR 1.

(Please don’t post to just say this has be done before, I'm after fresh comments from recent experiences)