Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
> In article <1QFXf.11053$tN3.10702@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net> ,
> "Tom Wallace" <Tomwallace13@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>
>>I am looking into way to make it last as long as possible. I plan to use a
>>synthetic oil and do my own oil changes.
>
>
> dude, synthetic oil isn't the magic bullet.
>
> Do the math on synthetic oil with longer changes (say, 5K and 7.5K) vs.
> regular oil with 3K changes.
>
> I guarantee you, regular oil even at 5K intervals is more than enough
> protection to make this thing last forever. Synthetic oil is throwing
> your money down the drain.
>
here's a thought:
if synthetic gives slightly better gas mileage because of better
lubricity, and i've seen dyno reports to the effect that synthetics
/can/ sightly increase horsepower so there must be some reason to that
argument, then it may not be so simple.

example:
if a car on dino gives 30mpg and say 31.5mpg on synthetic, [5%
improvement], then over a 5,000 mile change interval, that's 250 miles
of savings, or 8.3 gallons. at $2.50, that's $20 worth of gas. that
covers ~4 quarts of m1, which is the capacity of my civic. now, if the
change interval can be extended...

see where i'm going? doesn't mean it's right, just a scenario to
consider...