Amsoil "AMO"...which one?

[Paul Workman]

I read (with interest!) the "Heart of the Beast" article by Marc Hiabeck recommending the Amsoil AMO. Problem is, there are several AMOs and I'm wondering if someone could shed some light on which AMO oil specifically is recommended (in the article) for use in the LT5?

https://www.amsoil.com/storefront/Se...?CategoryID=12

TIA,

P.

[32valvZ]

You have it in the link you provided. AMO 10w40. The list you have is all the same oil in different quantities.

[carter200]

Originally Posted by Paul Workman

I read (with interest!) the "Heart of the Beast" article by Marc Hiabeck recommending the Amsoil AMO. Problem is, there are several AMOs and I'm wondering if someone could shed some light on which AMO oil specifically is recommended (in the article) for use in the LT5?

https://www.amsoil.com/storefront/Se...?CategoryID=12

TIA,

P.

Remember that Marc is an AMSOIL dealer so take the article for what it's worth

Think Redline for the best oil......

[Aurora40]

Originally Posted by carter200

Remember that Marc is an AMSOIL dealer so take the article for what it's worth

Think Redline for the best oil......

He is?

I noticed some of the activity on the listserv around this, and thought it was interesting that some of the "Redline is best" people also have affiliations with Redline. People point out any Amsoil connection immediately though. I'm not sure why the double-standard.

I have a feeling very few people will ever have an engine let go due to choosing the "wrong" oil.

[Paul Workman]

In the words of the late, great Guilda Radner....

Never mind!

I just glossed over the suffixes and didn't make the connection to the quantity


Gooahhd...I feel like sucha shmuck...


P.

[Paul Workman]

Originally Posted by Aurora40

He is?

I noticed some of the activity on the listserv around this, and thought it was interesting that some of the "Redline is best" people also have affiliations with Redline. People point out any Amsoil connection immediately though. I'm not sure why the double-standard.

I have a feeling very few people will ever have an engine let go due to choosing the "wrong" oil.

Yep.

[Nick]

Originally Posted by carter200

Remember that Marc is an AMSOIL dealer so take the article for what it's worth

Think Redline for the best oil......

Yeah, but how many of us are going to BUY the oil from Marc? Low blow, Carter....are you calling into question Marc's credibility on oil recommendations? Do you work for Redline or something? Is it possible that both Redline and Amsoil are each, in their own right, a good choice for LT5 owners?

[carter200]

Originally Posted by Paul Workman

Yep.

I have NO affiliation, Art Wong had NO affiliation, Ron Ashcraft has NO affiliation, Dwight E. has NO affiliation. Both Jim Van Dorn and Hib Halverson are two well respected names in ZR-1 history and knowledge so why not ask them which they prefer. Both sing the praises of Red Line oil.
Take this for what it's worth but don't make blatant statements that you don't know as true.

[carter200]

Originally Posted by Nick

Yeah, but how many of us are going to BUY the oil from Marc? Low blow, Carter....are you calling into question Marc's credibility on oil recommendations? Do you work for Redline or something? Is it possible that both Redline and Amsoil are each, in their own right, a good choice for LT5 owners?

Nick,
Don't go stiring up crap. I was just saying that a dealer is gonna push the products that put food on his table. Nothing against Marc personally at all. Nor you either. Nope, I do not work or someting for Redline.

[Paul Workman]

Originally Posted by carter200

Remember that Marc is an AMSOIL dealer so take the article for what it's worth

Think Redline for the best oil......

I didn't know Marc was a dealer, but in this case it is more than that: Marc's paper was well referenced and supported** by independant wear testing in a laboratory controlled envoirnment. Unfortunately, Redline was not one of those included in the article. It would have been interesting to see how it performed, especially since many of us car nuts seem to think it is good stuff (which it may well be). But, in fact there were several oils tested that performed nearly as well as the AMO stuff. Furthermore, the AMO synthetic contains the additives that were specified for the LT5s at the time these engines were introduced; additives now lacking in many of the new synthetics available today, including Mobil 1. (It was interesting to note that of the dozen or so synthetic and non-synthetic oils tested, the synthetics resulted in approx 1/3 as much wear as non-syns. did.)

So, there are a few oils that performed in the paper's presentation that were essentially in the same ballpark with the AMO. but since I'll be seeing Marc on Saturday, I'll take advantage of the fact he is a dealer, doancha know!

P.

**40kg four-ball wear (ASTM D-4172): 40kg pressure at 150ºC at 1800 rpm for one hour. The width of the wear tracks on the steel balls determines the relative comparision of the oils tested.