Miata Mailing List: December 1995, Message #81
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   From: balf@golden.net (PETER & LYNN BALFOUR)
Subject: RE: Study to find BEST oil scientifically
   Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 20:48:27 -0500

>Peter,
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>You changed the oil every 250 Miles in the Acura?  Isn't this overkill?
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OK..OK.. so I made an itsy bitsy mistake.  (dammit Captiain...I'm a pilot
not a math teacher!)  Changing oil every 250 miles would be a bit pricey...I
knew I should of kept away from converting KMS to miles.  Ya we Cunucks are
in the land of Kilometers.
Does 2500 miles sound a little better?????

I also caught a few flames (ouch!) regarding my statement on synthetic
oils...I kind of thought I would get some reaction!  First of
all....Synthetic oils are great ,fantastic, cool, awesome etc.....oils, but
the point I was trying to get across was that though Synthetic oils are a
good product, they may be a bit of an overkill for the average NORMALY
ASPERATED (I'm not an english teacher either!) engine.  The main advantages
of synthetics are the extream temps.  You should use synthetics in a
turbocharged engine due to the high temps it is exposed to.  If you live in
the Artic and see -40F....use synthetics.  If you just drive around in
normal conditions you can still go nuts and use synthetic oil if it makes
you feel all warm and fuzzy inside, but the jury is still out over the end
results.  Synthetics are excellent for a gearbox situation due to their
chemistry.

BTW...I have used synthetics in my Miata on and off over its 5 year life.  I
have done oil analysis with both types of oil and have seen very little
difference in the results.  It seems oil is like some sort of strange
religion, once you use something that you feel is great...you will defend it
to the end.  If you insult a guys/girls oil.. you might as well have kicked
their grandmother in the shin.

Now....for the required Miata content...do you really need the side clamps
to hold down your hardtop?  I borrowed a hardtop from a fellow member (I bet
I have the only red car around with a yellow (oh boy!) hard top!...I know..I
know you are probably saying..who the heck would want that ungly
combonation?????  Well.....I'm a little frugal/cheap.) and I'm not too
excited about buying side mounts and drilling holes until I buy my own.
Comments????????


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Peter Balfour                                
A.K.A. Prez Pete                            
Trillium Miata Club Inc.             
Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Red 91' alias "Red Baron"   - who is now a "one of a kind" with its borrowed 
(Home Of Miata 96')           yellow hard top!  


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