Synethetic oil = huge power gains
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Synethetic oil = huge power gains
A guy at a meet last night tried telling people the synthetic oil will give you more power. 
A group of us just sat there shaking our heads and laughing at him. He owned a 3rd gen eclipse with a crappy fitting body kit on it. 
A group of us just sat there shaking our heads and laughing at him. He owned a 3rd gen eclipse with a crappy fitting body kit on it.
Those guys spew the most crap and swear their oil is like the holy grail of things.
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If you are switching from crappy dino juice 10W30 to a high quality synthetic 0W20 you'll make more power on a cold engine because it's thinner when it's cold. The fact that it's synthetic is almost unrelated to the gains though. Except Royal Purple, which is apparently magic http://speedtalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=23709
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I run RP in the race car, it appears to make a bit more power. I have not done a back to back dyno and it isn't dramatic. Just enough to keep me paying extra for it.