Sammys Snake Oil.....$5.00 a qt. Pour in two horsepower per quart !!

Ok, fair enough. I use Royal Purple. I use Royal Purple because of what I know about the company and their performance in the world of racing. For example: NHRA PRO/STOCK. Several cars run Royal Purple. They run the XPR 3.1 which is a 0W-5. Mike Edwards is a user. This year he has qualified number one at all 5 races and reset the record twice this year. Most recently this past Saturday. Naturally aspirated 1500 horse big blocks shifting at 10,600. Say's something I think.They have like no oil pressure at idle but don't hurt parts. Why? I assume the high film strength of the product.
Anyway, the company started as an industrial company specializing in oiling problems/solutions. There biggest customer was and still is Mobil. Mobil could not keep their Alaskan Pipe line pumps together. They hired Royal Purple who solved their problems. That was quite some time ago before they went into the motor oil business. Their "synerlec" ingredient is in their industrial products as well as their motor oil. I don't want to get into a full blown boring deal here. But you asked. Royal Purple buys the majority of their base product from Mobil. Except they actually buy a better grade I believe than what Mobil uses in their own Mobil 1. Most of the oil companies buy a pre mixed bag of ingredients from Lubrizol. Royal Purple buys from Lubrizol as well, but they buy the ingredients they choose one by one. They mix it like a a baker makes a cake one ingredient at a time (as opposed to dumping it all in like say a Duncan Hines mix would be done). There is a specific temperature and time for each ingredient to be added. All of their oils have superior corrosion protection (which I feel we need in a marine world as well as all the down time between useage). Of course there is much more and this explanation is certainly over simplified, but I believe in their product. I don't care what a chart says although they were ok on the chart of 14 listed. Even though their best oils were not part of his data base. I regress, sorry! The fact is real world results are there for anyone to check. That's my story.

but their marketing is second to none!

They have like no oil pressure at idle but don't hurt parts. Why? I assume the high film strength of the product.


No, they have, as you say, "no oil pressure at idle" because pressure is not a good thing. Pressure is caused by resistance, and you don't want resistance. You want oil volume in racing circumstances, as you should as well in the boating world. A lighter viscosity oil, i.e. the 0w-5 (never heard anything of the sort before, but I'm sure is possible) is going to give these racers way more oil volume in their motors, therefore better lubrication! I personally am not a fan of Royal Purple, but synthetics in general are, as you said, going to have a higher film strength as well, therefore better protection also.

Well, that makes sense. Thanks for the input.

In that case I think you may be more dilusional that you may think, even more so if you think Nascar or NHRA team show up at your local Auto zone to pick up their Royal Purple

AHHH well there you have it, the test are garbage cause your favorite oil didnt fair so well, Mild hit it right on the nail.
Back 10 years ago back in my drag racing days the word was out about Royal Purple, you`re wasting your money buddy. Just like Bose and Optima batteries its over hyped and over priced.
Continue to waste your money and please stay out of thread where people have an open mind

Still at it I see. Mild called me an "armchair something" because I had only 114 post. This is why. It makes no sense no matter what a person says to discuss matters like this on these threads.

Because you have not come up with one single shred of proof (besides some company history) to prove your point.

NEXT!

So orielly is dumping valvoline vr 1 full synthetic at $3.95 a quart because they are not going to carry it anymore. Is valvoline discontinuing it? I have always run the regular vr1 but never the full synthetic. I want to try it and bought all I could find but it looks like we may not be able to find it anymore in the future.

So, apparently you believe that the drag race example is bull because you say they do not buy off the shelf product. Maybe you should get the Miss Gieco guys involved. They are now sponsored by Royal Purple. Find out if their product is some secret stuff sent to them exclusively in unmarked containers or if they in fact can just go to Auto Zone. Of course I know I will be sorry for this post. By the way "my oil" did not do that bad in whatever that test was/is. Didn't one of them come in 7th?