Just to clear up the quality issue, here is a chart showing the comparisons between different fluids, compare the LMA to Vavoline's synthetic, Vavoline is rated higher.
Mike
Fluid Dry BP Wet BP Est. BP after 6 months US $/oz US $/oz per °F > DOT4
Dry Wet
Castrol SRF 590 518 554 $2.076 $.0144 $.0100
NEO Super DOT 585 421 503 0.983 .0071 .0089
Motul Racing 600 585 421 503 0.712 .0051 .0065
Motul DOT 5.1 509 365 437 0.675 .0107 .0125
ATE Type 200/ATE Super Blue 536 392 464 0.295 .0033 .0036
Valvoline High Perf Synpower 503 343 423 0.16 .0023 .0073
ATE SL 500 329 415
Castrol LMA 450 311 381 0.219 .0547 n/a
Gunk DOT 4 Brake Fluid 510 311 411 0.16 .0024
DOT 5 Spec 500 346 423 n/a n/a n/a
DOT 4 Spec 446 311 379 n/a n/a n/a
DOT 3 Spec 401 284 343 n/a n/a n/a
I just realized the column lines didn't show up so the first 3 sets of numbers represent the different heat ranges and the results for each, the higher the number the better.
Last edited by Disco Mike : 03-27-2008 at 09:25 AM.
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