agapeBB6

This is the detail of the car

Short Block - 1mm Overbore, JE Pistons, Eagle Rods, Race Engineering Block Guard (machined), genuine Honda bearrings and gaskets
Headwork - Port, polish, flowbench, and a competition valve grind
Turbo - Precision Ball Bearring SCGT3261 with a 56 trim compressor and a 84 trim turbine wheel
Oil Lines - Goodridge
Manifold - Drag Gen 3 Cast Iron
Downpipe - Custom 2.5" mandrel bent
Dumptube - Mandrel bent
Heat Wrap
Intercooler - Spearco bar and plate
Intake & Piping - Mandrel bent chromed. K&N Filter
Hose / Fittings / Clamps - High temp
BOV - Greddy Type S
Wastegate - Tial 38mm
MAP Sensor - GM 3 Bar MAP
Engine Management - Hondata S200 with boost option
ECU - P28 Chipped ECU and harness
Plug wires - MSD Magnacore
Injectors - RC Engineering 550cc
Fuel Rail - AEM
Fuel Pump - 255LPH Walbro
Fuel Pressure Regulator - AEM
Fuel Filter - AEM
Fuel Pressure Guage - AEM/VDO
Motor Mounts - Energy - Urethane
Clutch - ACT Stage II
Flywheel - JDM ITR
Springs - Eibach Pro Kit
Axel Assembly - Honda - New
Guages Autometer - Carbon Series - Boost, A/F, Oil, Temp.
Guage Pod
Shifter - B&M short shifter
Shifter Bushing Kit - Hurst
Exhaust - Tanabe Hyper Madallion
Catco High Flow Cat - In a Box - Test Pipe with flex section now installed
Wheels / Tires - Stockers, new rubber
Boost Controller - AR Fabrication
Power Pulleys - AEM

I'm currently putting down 354whp at 12lbs

I would like to run M1 synthetic but i don' know what weight I should use.
Does anybody know what would be best engine oil(weight) for me?

If you can suggest each for both the summer and winter, that would be great.

agapeBB6

Oh and how much oil should I use?

I was thinking of 5L.

shyboy817

5L? 5 litre's? or 5 quarts? I'd say 4-4.5quart of oil, and synthetic..

non-VTEC

run 10w30

and you should only put in enough to fill the level to the top dot on the dip stick. its usually 4.1-4.3L of oil......no more......

agapeBB6

Oh i thought boosted cars comsumes more oil because of the turbo.

f22b2tdave

more volume because of the added oil lines/oil cooler if you have one, filter relocation, all these things add volume.
but its very minute, i always fill to the top of the last dot and then add maybe a few splashes. i have oil pressure hard line, oil feed, and oil cooler.

TurboCoop

yeah, after you drain the old oil, put in like 4qts then start it up for a few seconds to fill the new oil filter and all the lines, the keep adding until you get to the full mark. I dont want to reccomend the weight though cause I dont know that much about which one is best for the environment/temp/motor...I have a similar setup and I use Mobil 1 10w30, I want to try royal purple though cause I read a bunch of good stuff about them.

jrponline

Redline 10w40. Its a little thicker when hot, which is what you want to reduce the amount slipping past the ring seals.

B18Sleeper

nice forum, stuff i didnt know...this will help me later on when i finish my build thanks

agapeBB6

So what about in the winter?

Should I use 5w 30

B18Sleeper

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makes sense to me

agapeBB6

Ok so I went to buy M1 and there were three kinds
15w-50 5w-30 10w-30

and saying
15w-50 for high performance vehicle
5w-30 for newer cars
10w-30 higher milege cars

Someone mentioned above it's better use the thicker oil so I was leaning toward to 15w-50 but i don't know if i can really use this thick oil for my car, so i just bought a 10w-30
Does anybody know if i better use 15w-50 or anybody using 15w-50??


Modified by agapes2k at 3:57 PM 10/26/2005

agapeBB6

bump

flood

Multi grade oils cover a range of temp.

5w30 is thinner than 10w30 when cold (flows better) and the same when hot = 30.

w does not stand for weight. It stands for winter.

So 10w30 doesn't stay thicker at high temps than 5w30. It just doesn't flow as well when cold.

Get synthetic. Stands up better to thermal breakdown/sludge which is what your turbo subjects the oil to. Lots of heat. So a 40 weight oil wouldn't be a bad choice.

There is a TON of info about oils on the net.