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Old 07-18-2007 | 03:14 AM
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I'm truly amazed. 18 replies to the OP and his first post and no one yelled out the "S" word. You must have caught nycgps on a good day .

FWIW. I use either Castrol GTX or Valvoline 5W-20 and Wix/Napa Gold oil filters. I'm probably gonna change to 5W-30 on the next oil change.
Someone looking for me ? :P

Im not in NYC atm .... so yeah ... :P

Oil Filter : I tried K&N, Mazda OEM, and WiX, K&N is the most expensive, Mazda is the cheapest. Quality ? I cant really tell, I just use whatever the easiest for me to get.

Oil : Royal Purple, QuakerState Advance Q, Castrox Syntec, Mobil1. Its all high quality oil, but I like Royal Purple better cuz everytime I use it, engine seems to be smoother.
Old 07-18-2007 | 08:00 AM
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mazda speed version of the filter rocks ... to save time on line and due to crappy hours at the dealer I do the only available option ... I 5 of them .. some on do the math .. thats 15K+ miles.
Old 07-18-2007 | 05:04 PM
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Hmmmm i was reading all these post's and im still sorta confused about which grade of oil to use for my 8 .... Im leaning towards Royal Purple due to soo many recomendations...but which grade is better for regular everyday driving and which is better for putting the pedal to the metal ?
Old 07-18-2007 | 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by DJMajic914
Hmmmm i was reading all these post's and im still sorta confused about which grade of oil to use for my 8 .... Im leaning towards Royal Purple due to soo many recomendations...but which grade is better for regular everyday driving and which is better for putting the pedal to the metal ?
+1, or for both everyday lol
Old 07-18-2007 | 08:48 PM
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why change filters after every oil change when you are changing oil every 3k miles--seems like a waste.
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Old 07-18-2007 | 09:00 PM
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Yeah, I change the filter every other.
Old 07-18-2007 | 09:25 PM
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ive been using the nippon filters from rx7.com
at $5 per filter its a good price... and seems to be working well.
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