Royal Purple Experience / Review

[96RS Alex]

12/31/06:
5 quarts of Royal Purple @ $6.99 per quart.

$2 Oversized Fram Oil Filter PH-3980

1 Can of SeaFoam @ $4.99

1 can of Seafoam in the crankcase to rid of varnish and gunk, fired up the motor for a 5 min crankcase degreasing.

Drained and recycled the old Castrol GTX 10w30 and added the Royal Purple Synthetic 10w30. Threw in the oversized FRAM oil filter. Checked everything else, all is fine. Fired up the motor and rolled off from the ramps.

2/23/06:
I have to admit that this stuff is really good however I did not notice any effects until after the first initial 500 miles. It looked pretty cool adding a different colored oil and expecting something in return however the wait was worth it. Now my engine has increased power and you can feel it. I am experiencing better mileage too. During my daily highway commutes, I always hear my motor rev a bit louder for some reason. Royal Purple claims that you can get 12 extra horsepower from just an oil change so maybe it upped my 3.8L in a higher powerband and I absolutely love it. I find myself in the passing lane a lot as a side note to hear my motor growl as I row the gears. The added built in engine protection Royal Purple also adds gives me confidence that I can experiment with later oil change intervals but that will be in my future reviews. Royal Purple rules!

Has anyone else experienced the high tech benefits of Royal Purple? Feel free to comment and other brands like Lucas Oil Treatments. We could all use some insight on such useful engine additives.

[camaroman1181]

Re: Royal Purple Experience / Review

12/31/06:
5 quarts of Royal Purple @ $6.99 per quart.

$2 Oversized Fram Oil Filter PH-3980

1 Can of SeaFoam @ $4.99

1 can of Seafoam in the crankcase to rid of varnish and gunk, fired up the motor for a 5 min crankcase degreasing.

Drained and recycled the old Castrol GTX 10w30 and added the Royal Purple Synthetic 10w30. Threw in the oversized FRAM oil filter. Checked everything else, all is fine. Fired up the motor and rolled off from the ramps.

2/23/06:
I have to admit that this stuff is really good however I did not notice any effects until after the first initial 500 miles. It looked pretty cool adding a different colored oil and expecting something in return however the wait was worth it. Now my engine has increased power and you can feel it. I am experiencing better mileage too. During my daily highway commutes, I always hear my motor rev a bit louder for some reason. Royal Purple claims that you can get 12 extra horsepower from just an oil change so maybe it upped my 3.8L in a higher powerband and I absolutely love it. I find myself in the passing lane a lot as a side note to hear my motor growl as I row the gears. The added built in engine protection Royal Purple also adds gives me confidence that I can experiment with later oil change intervals but that will be in my future reviews. Royal Purple rules!

Has anyone else experienced the high tech benefits of Royal Purple? Feel free to comment and other brands like Lucas Oil Treatments. We could all use some insight on such useful engine additives.

good oil, but why run the fram with it? fram uses fibreboard structural components where everyone esle uses metal. i personally prefer wix (napa gold) or puroilator

[Bonemaro]

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So, you just dump the Seafoam into your old oil, run for 5 minutes, then change with the Purple goodness? Perhaps I try this, no?

[Camaro Dom]

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good oil, but why run the fram with it? fram uses fibreboard structural components where everyone esle uses metal. i personally prefer wix (napa gold) or puroilator

eeesh, i wouldn't wish fram on my worst enemy.. never again...

[StrtRacer98]

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eeesh, i wouldn't wish fram on my worst enemy.. never again...

Quit being dramatic.. it's a f'n oil filter.

[Fbody3400]

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So, you just dump the Seafoam into your old oil, run for 5 minutes, then change with the Purple goodness? Perhaps I try this, no?

Whats up with that picture randomly added in?

[airattack111]

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You wont gain 12 hp from royal purple alone...

I run amsoil and didn't feel a difference, and that's like the best oil ever. the seafoamed probably helped you more than anything

[Bonemaro]

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iduno...

[Fireball27]

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Whoa... i thought it was his sig.

Anyway, this should be moved to the reviews section.

[FirebirdGT]

Re: Royal Purple Experience / Review

Whoa... i thought it was his sig.

Anyway, this should be moved to the reviews section.

Later, after some WORTH WHILE feedback.

[96RS Alex]

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I've always used FRAM for as long as I can remember, had no problems since 1985 in various cars. The new design with the black grip coating is the best idea in a long time, no more punching the base with a long screwdriver to spin it off lol.

I tried the AC DELCO oil filters, while I prefer their alternators and starters for durability, the oil filters give me a lower oil psi reading for some reason. Probably just a fluke perhaps.

I am willing to try AMSOIL and a choice oil filter and report my findings. Who knows, I'll change my mind next time around about who's the best oil.

[Bonemaro]

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How do you set up a signature? I guess you have to have so many postings, huh? Same with the avatar?

[DAS BOOT]

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I have heard nothing but the worst form FRAM filters on several boards....


As for motor oil... I just use soem 10w30 Penzoil... othing spectacular, but not the cheapest thing on the shelf... And AC Delco(or motorcraft on the FoRD)

oil is oil... yes you can do scientific research on how such and such super oil can do last so long and do so well over a long time.


that means nothing to me, because I change my oi/filtel every 3k miles. Sure some oils may suggest they last up to 15k without being changed, but ot me thats like doing 5 oil changes without changing the filter which sounds stupid to me. You motor breaks down slightly everytime you drive it.


I ran mobil 1 religously in a car, and I saw no difference whatsoever. In fact the only oil I ever saw a difference in was Valvoline MaxLife in a high mileage, car it stopped some small "dribbling of oil" from teh motor, not so much a leak but leave like a spot or two once a week.



I am not going to argue that these fancy oils are better then other oils... but do the benefits really outweight the costs?

ITs like the difference of a $700 borla system vs, a $250 other system, it might have .5 hp extra over another system but is it worth the added money?






PS and there are cars running over 300k miles on old cheap dyno juice from the early 80s.

[DAS BOOT]

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Next rant...

Spark plugs are freaking spark plugs, unless you are running a power adder or another high performance combo that require something different, they all perform pretty much equal. Just buy a nice midranged one and be happy.

$1.99 autlites run great in my car. Actually better then as set of expensive NGKs I had.


Actually just had a friends car at a meet, his car was running like *** he had a newish plugs/wires I scanned his car with hptuners cylinder 5 was reading misfires. His plug/wire setup was on his car for ~4 months and jsut recently crapped out. Luckily I had a set of autolites in my trunk(planning a seafoam, and I like to swap plugs afterwards) gapped it with a 8 year old beatup keychain gapper on my keychain. Put it in and his car ran fine aftewards...

[vanbibber]

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i dont quite agree with the spark plug thing.

bosch plugs are absolute junk so saying a plug is a plug isnt quite accurate.