Royal Purple-----Is this oil or a Modification?

[Jacko3]

Folks:

I finally completed my tune up this afternoon, and I now have Royal Purple Synthetic 5w-30 in my engine. First of all, the oil deceives the eye. I saw my mechanic pour in purple oil into the car, and yet when i got home to check the oil on the dipstick, it was as clear as the sky. I scratched my head in bewilderment, and I asked how is it possible for oil to look purple when going into the car and yet turn out to be as clear as the sky on the dipstick? Well, whatever they have inside that oil, is a real miracle. Why?

I have no doubt in my mind that my car now has more torque than it once had. The torque i lost when I installed the testpipes, is now, at least 70% back. Beyond 4500 RPM up to 7000RPM, the amount of torque and horsepower increases as the RPM increases----though i felt more torque than i did horsepower. To some people, they would say, it is now pulling much harder. Yes, Royal Purple oil is the cheapest modification anyone can make in their G. This is not just oil----this is a legitimate engine modification. The dditional power is intoxicatiing--it will make you push the car even harder.

Initially, i did not feel the difference, but after about 40 miles of driving, everything started tightening up---the engine starting pulling harder, with each successive rev up, my gear box started responding better as it integrated better with the increased engine torque, and i found myself going slightly faster than traffic and kept wondering why everyone had decided to drive slowly today. Well, with the same throttle input, yes, the car moves faster---it took me a while to adjust my driving so that i could go the speed of traffic like everyone else.

However, by my own estimation, when Royal Purple is compared to Mobil EP 1 Synthetic 5w-30, I feel its temperature or heat resistance ability is just slightly a little bit below that that of Mobil EP 1---nothing significant at all--not worth thinking about. However, it is still better in cooling than the regular Mobil 1 Synthetic 5w-30, by a wide margin, in my honest opinion. If cooling is your only concern, and not performance, I would go with Mobil EP 1 5w-30. No oil is 100 percent perfect. It may also be that i push my car harder with Royal Purple than with Mobil EP 1, because of how it performs, thus the additional increase in temperature.

But, if you have a desire to modify your car on the cheap, Royal purple is the cheapest and first way to go. Royal purple blows away Mobil EP 1 in terms of performance---they are not even in the same league. This is my experience today. I will watch and see how this oil performs in 3,000 miles. So far, i am very pleased with it. I will recommend it to anyone. This is a great oil to have in your car.

[TISon28s]

I put Royal Purple 5w30 a few weeks ago in my G. I noticed more torque in the mid-range. I actually didn't know why they called it royal purple till i started pouring it.

[G37 Man]

Royal Purple puts out 3 types of oil from what I have read.

XPR Extreme used for racingStandardBreaking in

If the results are as you say for the standard what would the XPR offer?

[Tampa G35 Sedan 6MT]

It would offer better heating and cooling!

I love it and will be doing the change to my G35 soon!

DJ

[4drmadness]

where can you buy royal purple from?

[tollboothwilley]

checker auto is where i've purchased it

[Tampa G35 Sedan 6MT]

advance auto, autozone, I have also see it at walmart.

DJ

[G37 Man]

advance auto, autozone, I have also see it at walmart.

Where have you seen the XPR sold? I have seen the regular Royal Purple.

[4drmadness]

cool, and how many quarts?

[Jacko3]

5 quarts.

[lucidd]

Hmm... sounds interesting... I'll have to try that purple oil soon.

I wonder if your notes are acurate though. I change my oil by myself all the time - and i use synthetic mobil 1 and I've also used Penzoil synthetic ... with and without oil adds - like Slick50 or Duralube... ...And each time I change my oil - I think* it is smoother, and more torque --- but really - it may be just in my head.

I feel more torque and hp not just because of different oils or gas octanes etd --- also depending on the outside temperature. For example, last night - it dipped below 5celcius - and it seemed to be smoother and torquier - when i pushed it.

Either way, just wanted to add my 2cents to the "feel" factor --- and will definitely try this Royal Purple stuff soon.

L

[Brabusx2]

yup, just did my oil change today from wal-mart, after warming up for 10mins i gunned with massive burn out and that kid did my oil change was like

wow love those wheels spin

[joe603]

I've used Royal Purple for years! It really is better than most other oils. They've done dyno tests on Horsepower TV and it shows gains every time.

The VQ 35 also likes higher weight oil (helps prevent the dreaded ring problem in the MREV engines. I use 10W-40.

[soul_hfk]

sorry to hear u let walmart do your oil changes i wouldnt let crap-mart change or even near my G i respect her to much for that and would rather pay more to have it done right......wal-mart

[morrison82]

Maybe its just me but I put Royal Purple 5W-30 in my car with a mobile 1 filter and sorry but I cant tell a difference from what was in the car before and the new oil. Yeah it looks cool all purple and everything but I dont believe it has any advantage over other fully synthetic oils but it sure does cost a whole hell of a lot more. Deff not a modification just another exspensive *** oil.

[smockers83]

It definitely does have some advantages over other synthetics such as Mobile 1, which are sort of detailed in Jacko's other RP thread.

Jacko, I think the word you're looking for is that RP is an oilfication.

[BigMACKenzie]

Maybe its just me but I put Royal Purple 5W-30 in my car with a mobile 1 filter and sorry but I cant tell a difference from what was in the car before and the new oil. Yeah it looks cool all purple and everything but I dont believe it has any advantage over other fully synthetic oils but it sure does cost a whole hell of a lot more. Deff not a modification just another exspensive *** oil.

BC you didnt notice a change, nothing happened huh? thanks for hipping us to the fact that your a tard right away ^^ did you even read the OP or other posts?

[Jacko3]

It definitely does have some advantages over other synthetics such as Mobile 1, which are sort of detailed in Jacko's other RP thread.

Jacko, I think the word you're looking for is that RP is an oilfication.

Smockers, thats right. The word i was looking for was oilification---mmmmmm, oilification!

[smockers83]

BC you didnt notice a change, nothing happened huh? thanks for hipping us to the fact that your a tard right away ^^ did you even read the OP or other posts?

Was that really necessary?

[G37 Man]

Somebody shot down RP when I was close to getting it for my G

Is there anyone besides a TV show that can support the claim of increased HP with Royal Purple in their G

I am not interested in V8's in American Cars I want real life G results backed by Dyno test.

Thank YouFrom me and my G

[Jacko3]

Why was it shot down? Does your friend really know how to drive a G? How often does your friend take the G beyond 4500 RPM routinely? Even by simple observation, Royal purple forces my car's RPM to go down twice as fast as regular Mobil 1 synthetic during normal morning start up and warm up. Sometimes this process is so fast, that you wonder if all is okay.

The fact is that you will never see the benefit of Royal Purple if you drive your car normally===it will work just like any other oil. Wait until you decide that your G will now be driven hard all day long at much higher RPMs. I have driven Mobil 1 EP synthetic hard in my car and now Royal Purple, and it is like night and day in terms of power output---almost like a small boost you can feel the moment you get beyond 5000 RPM---the car becomes a little beast.

[psicho]

Um, o.k. I'll believe it when I see dyno verification. It is unrealistic to think that the "seat of the pants" dyno can feel +/- 5hp. So you think swapping RP for Mobil synthetic gives you more than 5 additional HP???

[Jacko3]

Be my guest!

[joe603]

Um, o.k. I'll believe it when I see dyno verification. It is unrealistic to think that the "seat of the pants" dyno can feel +/- 5hp. So you think swapping RP for Mobil synthetic gives you more than 5 additional HP???

Here you go: http://www.royalpurple.com/rp-videos.html

[psicho]

Video 1: Big Chevy V8 had conventional mineral-based oil in baseline test. 465 baseline HP vs. 473 HP on Royal Purple. That's an 8hp gain, or 1.7% increase. Still, this does not document or prove any gains over other synthetic oils.

Video 2: They changed rear diff, transmission, and engine to Royal Purple from unspecified existing lubricants. Made 8hp gain, or 2.6% improvement over baseline. Would be nice to know what the result would have been with just the engine oil changed, and what was in the engine, transmission, and diff previously.

Video 3: They again swapped out the rear diff, transmission and engine oil rather than just engine oil. In this test, we are told specifically that the basline test was with mineral-based lubricants. Royal Purple yielded a 10 HP gain on a baseline of 408 HP to the wheels. That's a 2.6% gain over conventional oil. Still, this does not document or prove any gains over other synthetic oils.

I don't have time to watch the other videos, but I'm not seeing anything that proves any gains whatsoever by using Royal Purple as opposed to other quality synthetics like Mobil 1. Let me know if I'm missing something, but I don't see any way that swapping Mobil 1 synthetic for Royal Purple can yield a gain in horsepower of any significance, especially on a car with less than 300rwhp like the G35/37.

Here you go: http://www.royalpurple.com/rp-videos.html

[toddnos]

i always think you gain some freed up HP/TQ when you change the oil,,any kind of oil. just the simple fact of less friction than your dirty oil provided.

i am tempted to try this though in all honesty.

[Jacko3]

When I used blend in the first 2,000 miles after my engine was replaced---my car was lousy and did not have the get-up-and-go attitude it has now.

[Tampa G35 Sedan 6MT]

Jacko...

Tell me what you think about this.

the guys at the auto parts store told me it would be a waste of money to put royal purple in my 89 Jeep Cherokee. What do you think? It only has 106k original miles on it and doesn't burn oil. It does however have a small leak... I mean very small! Only when you drive it hard do you get any oil leak.

DJ

[G37 Man]

Doesn't Mobil 1 offer an oil for High Mileage Vehicles? I would usethat over RP,JMO

[tollboothwilley]

I see no reason for you to put RP in your jeep. I bet it would leak a little more with RP.

Every jeep I ever see seems to leak oil if its over 5 years old...