valvoline vr1 racing oil ?
04-12-12, 10:24 PM
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valvoline vr1 racing oil ?
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/acc...er=561829_0_0_
have any of you used this oil in your fc's ?
I'm doing my oil change this weekend and was considering purchasing this motor oil its alot cheaper than royal purple
your input would help alot thanks 
have any of you used this oil in your fc's ?
I'm doing my oil change this weekend and was considering purchasing this motor oil its alot cheaper than royal purple
your input would help alot thanks
04-12-12, 10:36 PM
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I use this (full synthetic, the blue liquid) on my FD in 20W50 during the summer temps and it's seems to work very well. If it works on a high(er) HP FD than I see no reason why it can't work well on an FC as well.
The one you linked is non-synthetic, here is the synthetic formula: http://www.autozone.com/autozone/acc...questid=455997
The one you linked is non-synthetic, here is the synthetic formula: http://www.autozone.com/autozone/acc...questid=455997
04-13-12, 04:09 AM
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I use 20W-50 VR-1 in both of my RX7s and 10W-30 in my Probe. Had it analyzed and it does have zinc-phosporus anti-wear additives in it that are missing from most oils today. Never had a problem with it. If you buy it in March every year at Autozone they have an unadvertised sale of almost 1/2 off. You just missed it.
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04-13-12, 09:40 AM
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VR1 is cheaper than Royal Purple because VR1 is just regular petroleum oil with some extra zinc/phosphorus in it. While zinc/phosphorus really helps out engines with a valvetrain, I'm not sure what good it is for a rotary engine. The downside of zinc/phosphorus is that it clogs up the catalytic converter faster. Therefore, in my own opinion, if you have a V8 RX-7 with no cats, then VR1 would be an excellent choice for non-synthetic engine oil. Personally, I just use regular Valvoline Premium in my V8 truck.
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I use 20W-50 VR-1 in both of my RX7s and 10W-30 in my Probe. Had it analyzed and it does have zinc-phosporus anti-wear additives in it that are missing from most oils today. Never had a problem with it. If you buy it in March every year at Autozone they have an unadvertised sale of almost 1/2 off. You just missed it.
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sweet thanks guys i just picked some up at autozone luckily my friend works there so i got the sale price jdonell was talking about it came out to 3.50 a quart so i picked up 10 quarts 
and it only came put to 35 bucks, to bad its raining cats and dogs over here if not i would do my oil change today 
and it only came put to 35 bucks, to bad its raining cats and dogs over here if not i would do my oil change today
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