What Motor Oil Should I
use in my CBX ?
At cbxman.com there is only
one: Mobil 1
Here’s a story I received
recently from Tom Neimeyer
about synthetic oil. It reminded
me of and confirms and old
story I heard back in the
early 80’s from a Ford
engineer named Tom Hutchinson
who was heavily involved
in the development of turbo
motors. Back then Tom H.
told us that at Ford they
had taken a four cylinder
motor and run it on the dyno
and then drained the oil
and replaced it with Mobil
1. The engine showed an immediate
5 hp performance improvement
and ran cooler to boot. That
was enough to convince me
that Mobil 1 was the way
to go and ever since then
it’s the only oil we
use in our bikes. Tom also
told us that they drained
the Mobil 1 after 4m miles
and strained out all the
solid materials in it and
put it back in the same motor
and ran it again for many
more miles with no ill effects!
Now here’s Tom Neimeyer’s
story:
Although I have zero first-hand
experience with synthetics,
I have something even better--the
ear of one of the head engineers
at one of the best engine
shops in the world--Roush
Racing. He's currently working
on a project for Ford, directly
in charge of development
of the oiling system modifications
to the modular motor for
use in the new Ford GT40.
This guy knows oil!!!!
Over dinner one night, we
had an hour-long conversation
on "the best oil".
Over the years, this fellow
has been in charge of performing
comprehensive
tests of all the oils out
there, tests which have sometimes
run into the millions of
dollars. They compared virtually
everything--synthetic and
otherwise—in standardized
tests. These tests included
running identical motors
on dynos for zillions of
hours, simulating 100,000
miles of continuous running
with NO oil changes.
Many motors failed to make
it. Of those that did, those
with synthetics were in profoundly
better shape. In fact, he
said that they dismantled
the motors and found that
many of them were total scrap
and nothing could be salvaged,
while those running the better
synthetics showed relatively
little wear, with some of
them still being literally
as good as new.
Over the course of dinner,
he also revealed to me that
much to his own surprise,
one oil stood head-and-shoulders
above the rest in these tests—the
original synthetic, which
is Mobil 1. He basically
told me they concluded there
are really only two types
of oils--Mobil 1 and everything
else.
He also acknowledged that
these tests were designed
to push the extreme edges
of the oil envelope. Virtually
any oil on the market is
more than adequate for anything
mere mortals like us will
subject it to (including
open-track duty) as long
as it is changed reasonably
often. The worst-performing
oils started to degrade in
as little as 2000 miles,
but most of the dino oils
were perfectly good for 7500
miles or more, and the synthetics
considerably longer.
In the same conversation,
he spoke of a test he had
just been running to compare
different rear-end oils.
(The test had ended catastrophically
that
afternoon when a differential
being spun at 8000 rpm (which
equates to about
1000 mph) EXPLODED and destroyed
the entire dyno cell.)
Since the test had cost
them $350,000 to conduct,
and was being conducted to
come up with an 'edge' for
their NASCAR teams, he wouldn't
reveal who the winner was.
But he DID tell me that for
anything that we mortals
do, any of
the rear end oils on the
market is more than up to
the job. It just doesn't
matter, period, dot, end
of story.
That’s a great
story Tom. Thanks for sharing
it
with us.
From time to time we’ve
heard comments from owners
who have stated that they
felt that Mobil 1 made their
engine clutch slip or their
alternator clutch slip.
Here at cbxman.com our
owners’ personal ‘79
CBX has had nothing but Mobil
1 in it since 1991 when he
acquired it and the clutches
have never slipped. If your
clutch is slipping it isn’t
the oil that’s causing
the problem.
We
now carry it at cbxman.com
and we’re
proud to say we sell Mobil
1 motor
oil the best oil for your
CBX and any other vehicle
you own!
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