Thread: What oil and filter for BBC?
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09-26-2008 04:03 PM #1
What oil and filter for BBC?
My LS6 454 is just about broken in and it is time to change the oil and filter. What would you say is the BEST oil to run and who makes the BEST filter to use? I was considering running Royal Purple for oil, but I'm at a loss as to what is the BEST possible filter to run? My BBC is brand new which I personally bought back in 1971, but never used. It has had never been started before and I just had it professionally rebuilt, changed to a big hyd. roller cam, and had it run in/tuned on a dyno. I just want to do this oil change and filter the right way. Thanks!
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09-26-2008 04:48 PM #2
Mobil 1 synthetic oil and filter in all my cars. My '93 Vette is as clean inside the valve covers as the day it was bought. I used to use K&N, but it wasn't worth an extra $7.00 for the nut on the bottom, and I don't think AMSOIL is worth 2-3x the price of Mobil 1.
BTW, you will get at least 20 different responses on this.Last edited by Henry Rifle; 09-26-2008 at 04:56 PM.
Jack
Gone to Texas
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09-26-2008 04:52 PM #3
I use Mobil 1 oil, and wix filters, their filter media looks better than fram or purolator.I ain't dumb, I just ain't been showed a whole lot!
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09-26-2008 05:35 PM #4
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09-26-2008 06:02 PM #5
I like Mobil 1 too, have it in my daily driver, and also am running Shell Rotella T in my T engine. As for filters, I have seen post after post on various forums about how bad Fram filters are these days. Some people have shown cut up Fram filters where the insides have collapsed and one guy said it plugged up his race engine passages to the point that it fried the engine. I like Purolator and Wix, and run Volvo marine oil filters on my T, since the engine came out of a boat it just seemed natural to do that. I also hear good things about NAPA filters.
Don
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10-25-2008 07:14 PM #6
I used Mobil One till my old stash ran out,lately they started to leave out some of the additives,The guys over at bob is the oil guy dot com says pennsoil platium is better now than mobil one,there is alot of good reading over there. Rotella and EOS for a fresh engine till after break in.Wix filteres.(NAPA Gold)Last edited by Joesgarage; 10-25-2008 at 07:18 PM.
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10-25-2008 08:13 PM #7
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10-25-2008 08:37 PM #8
i have used the joe gibbs racing break in oil i use a cheap oil fitter for break in then go to a better oil fitter like the mobil synthetic fitter is all i use .i like the brad pen state oil toIrish Diplomacy ..the ability to tell someone to go to Hell ,,So that they will look forward to to the trip
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10-25-2008 10:19 PM #9
valvoline vr1 and wix is all i use or napa gold same thing.
for break in i use rotella 15-40 or castrol tection extra and a bottle of that comp cams break in lube or a bottle of gm EOS, i use straight 50 vr1 in my sbc right ont he back of the bottle it claims it has the right amounts of zddp for flat tappets.
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10-26-2008 01:31 PM #10
street driven drag car I use brad penn grade 1 race oil synthetic blend and K&N filter... used to use Fram HP4 (high pressure, high performance) filter without any issues but I like the nut on the bottom of the K&N and the filter media is finer. That said, with my milder BBC I ran Castrol GTX for years without any trouble... as with anything, I guess it depends what you want to do with it.Paint don't make it no faster
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