Mobil 1.
Let me see if I have this correct.Anyhow, I typically use a 50/50 ratio of pure synthetic and conventional motor oil . . 10w - 40 whatever.
I concur that no doubt marketing and the fact that - Wasn't Mobil 1 the 1st Synthetic Oil - is what is behind Mobil 1 owning the largest market share in the Synthetic Oils War.Rey C. said:One thing I have noticed though, Mobil 1 seems to be the most popular brand among the high performance crowd. IMO, that's mostly down to marketing though. I've never seen a *reliable* study that proved that Mobil 1 was better than Castrol or that Castrol was better than Mobil 1... or any of the other major brands.
I've used Castrol since I bought my first car after college. Why? Because it was the recommended brand for the car that I bought... and because Castrol sponsored the Jaguar Le Mans team back then. See, advertising works.I still use Castrol Syntec in the high performance cars that I have and standard Castrol in the regular vehicles. Especially in turbo applications, I wouldn't use anything but synthetic, whether it was Castrol, Mobil 1 or another top synthetic brand. Replacing a turbo and the engine internals can easily hit $10K. Why scrimp, trying to save a couple of bucks when you're risking that much? But once you go to synthetic, you need to stay with synthetic.
As for "feeling" a difference when you go from one brand to another, if you can actually feel something from the driver's seat, you probably have a very serious/terminal issue with your engine already. In a pure racing engine, you might pick up some hp by going from one oil type to another. But no one drives on the street with a $90K Cosworth turbo engine in their car.
One thing I have noticed though, Mobil 1 seems to be the most popular brand among the high performance crowd. IMO, that's mostly down to marketing though. I've never seen a *reliable* study that proved that Mobil 1 was better than Castrol or that Castrol was better than Mobil 1... or any of the other major brands.
I've used Castrol since I bought my first car after college. Why? Because it was the recommended brand for the car that I bought... and because Castrol sponsored the Jaguar Le Mans team back then. See, advertising works.I still use Castrol Syntec in the high performance cars that I have and standard Castrol in the regular vehicles. Especially in turbo applications, I wouldn't use anything but synthetic, whether it was Castrol, Mobil 1 or another top synthetic brand. Replacing a turbo and the engine internals can easily hit $10K. Why scrimp, trying to save a couple of bucks when you're risking that much? But once you go to synthetic, you need to stay with synthetic.
As for "feeling" a difference when you go from one brand to another, if you can actually feel something from the driver's seat, you probably have a very serious/terminal issue with your engine already. In a pure racing engine, you might pick up some hp by going from one oil type to another. But no one drives on the street with a $90K Cosworth turbo engine in their car.
One thing I have noticed though, Mobil 1 seems to be the most popular brand among the high performance crowd. IMO, that's mostly down to marketing though. I've never seen a *reliable* study that proved that Mobil 1 was better than Castrol or that Castrol was better than Mobil 1... or any of the other major brands.