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i like using dino oil in my '83 911

is valvoline vr1 racing oil 20-50 a good or bad oil, i used to run kendall gt-1 racing oil, with great success be they apparently went the semi synthetic way, any direction would be appriciated.

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I have always used dino oil......Valvoline Vr1 20/50 is what i use.................search on this topic...it has been beaten to death.

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Valvonine is good stuff. It is in my 3.0. The GT-1 was another favorite of mine, too. Since I change oil at or before 3k miles, Synthetic is not cost effective therefore Dino oil is just fine for me.
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Another VR-1 user here!
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Been using the VR-1 for almost 15 years in both my cars.
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Ultimate Motor Oil Thread or Why we hate CJ4/SM oils
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I use VR1 in mine.

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