[cnavarro]

I believe I had clarified the post you had quoted before, but if not, my last post should have.

SM rated or not or whether an oil has to conform to the SM standard, many oils were reformulated. That is a fact. That is why the thread is named "Ultimate Motor Oil Thread" OR "Why we hate CJ4/SM oils" and the discussion pertains to these formulations.

This thread is well over a year old and some of the posts I have made on the topic might go back as early as 2005. There certainly have been many developments and I for one haven't stopped doing research on the topic and there continues to be changes. Having a set of "safe" oils that have stood the test of time unreformulated that are predicable and proven based on testing on various levels (lab, bench, real-world) are what I fall back on.

I again apologize if this means that oils cannot be easy purchased at your FLAPS or those oils that can be found locally cost upwards of $10/qt.