What kind of summer time oil - too many options!

[ace123]

So I searched the forums here a little bit for some oil and the search was not effective.

I live is southern california. The temperature around here goes from 60 to 90 F. What kind of oil should I get. I do mostly city driving. No track.

I have a 1987 911.

Thoughts?

[Dmitry at Pelican Parts]

Hello - I spoke with a colleague and he recommends a good 20W-50.

[ace123]

Great! Thanks for the info.

[911obgyn]

Valvoline VR1 racing, It has the higher zink content to keep your cams happy.
A lot of people on the forum use Brad Penn. They buy it on the interwebs.
VR1 is available at all the auto parts stores in my area and there have recently been some great deals

[Rawknees'Turbo]

Motul 300v4T, 15w50 - year round in SoCal.

[Bill Douglas]

Originally Posted by Rawknees'Turbo

Motul 300v4T, 15w50 - year round in SoCal.

Motorbike oil?

[Rawknees'Turbo]

Originally Posted by Bill Douglas

Motorbike oil?

Yes - that "motorcycle" bit is marketing only.

Always tests at the top for things like component wear protection (high zinc, etc), safe operating temperature and flash point (resists coking very well), and has a full detergent additive package so no need for ridiculously short change intervals (like 3K miles), that are common with other "racing" oils.

Based on personal experience, I've seen it out perform Mobil 1 15/50 (the car oil not the Mobil one V-Twin oil, which I don't have any experience with) hands down with regard to rocker and cam wear (much lessened wear when the switch was made to a Ducati 748R endurance racer - non-lifter/rockers-on-cams heads).

[Bill Douglas]

Thanks.

I've heard great things about Motul oil in motorbike circles.

[ClickClickBoom]

Brad Penn, e-Bay free shipping best deals.

[Jdub]

^ +1 on the Brad Penn oil. It is a bit more expensive, but this is a Porsche and oil is not the place to spend cheaply.

[Tippy]

Originally Posted by ace123

So I searched the forums here a little bit for some oil and the search was not effective.

This HAS to be a trolling post?!?!

The most debated topic outside of AC.....

[mgar88]

Recently turned onto Torco TR-1. Anyone have any impressions?

http://www.torcousa.com/torco_product/tr-1.html

[RSTarga]

Motul and Brad Penn are good oils, but not readily available. I've been using Mobil 1 15w-50 for over 30 years without any problems. Readily available in 5qt jugs at Walmart for about $23 a jug. It has plenty of Zinc. 1200 ppm

[Cevan]

Originally Posted by RSTarga

Motul and Brad Penn are good oils, but not readily available. I've been using Mobil 1 15w-50 for over 30 years without any problems. Readily available in 5qt jugs at Walmart for about $23 a jug. It has plenty of Zinc. 1200 ppm

Brad Penn, VR1 or Motul can be plopped on anyone's doorstep in two days via Amazon Prime, so I'd say that's "readily available."

[MARISOL78sc]

+1

[SalParadise]

Originally Posted by Dmitry at Pelican Parts

Hello - I spoke with a colleague and he recommends a good 20W-50.

This is all you need to know.

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by SalParadise

This is all you need to know.

+1

Biggest step change in oil quality is going from used oil to new oil.

[Rawknees'Turbo]

Originally Posted by Bob Kontak

+1

Biggest step change in oil quality is going from used oil to new oil.

Wut about running bacon grease - Targa approved?!?!

[xbmwguy]

+1 with bob. I use 15/50 mobil 1 synthetic and change evert 3000 religiously. Walmart 22.00 gallon:-)

[ganun]

This Classic 10w-60 is for the SC and later cars, note that for earlier cars like the 2.7 their Classic 20w-50 is recommended.
This is what I've been using in my 87, 4 oil changes so far, once a year, and after 6k miles there is no noticeable oil use.