gear oil
 

i want to change my gear box oil and was wondering whether i should use honda MTF or Castrol Syntec 80 or 85w90. Will there be a differance in smoothness of shifts. By the way its a d16y7 motor. Thanks

Amsoil synthetic :thumbup:

Hehe... I disagree this time... Honda MTF will result in the smoothest shifts. If you don't REALLY race your car, there is no sense in using a product like AMSOIL. These numbers you give us are absolute crackpot numbers too kwik... 85W90??? That's a really heavy gear oil to be used for like rear end diffs and transfer cases... a Honda manual tranny, if Honda MTF is not available, takes 10W30 mineral oil. Unless you wanna be looking at the inside of your tranny in a little while, I suggest you read you owner's manual :richslap: :D

and older manual rwd trannys..like the Mucnie..

haha... Marty you old skooler :D

M4, rock crusher... that type... you know, crude american trannies :D

theory gets you only so far. i used Honda MTF for the last couple years. going into 3rd gear at high rpm's it would grind. downdhifting to 3rd from 5th was difficult.

switched to amsoil synthietic a couple weeks back at the insitance of Joe at Altech. and these problems disappeared. all gear shifts were noticeably improved. i tend to stick with Honda MTF just like you bruno, i'd change it every 3 months..but in this case the amsoil came out on top by far.

now explain that. :p

however if you're running a honda LSd or if you're tranny is running reasonably fine i would stick with Honda MTF.

btw, amsoil synthetic is $10 per L. you need about 2 and quarter L for a D or B tranny.

duy where can you buy it?

Duy, what's a Quaife take? What weight is the Amsoil synth?

LOL, want me to explain it... you have a broken tranny :D j/k... I'll take your word for it. You know, I've even considered buying Honda engine oil to try it out. Maybe I'll give Amsoil a shot for one round.

Altech always has it in stock.

I'm thinking of switching from Mobil1 to Amsoil engine oil as well. Joe really pimps the amsoil stuff. :D

I've seen the numbers for Amsoil... it's the best out there for engine oil. I used to believe in Motul... I almost bought a $6000 drum of the stuff about a year ago :p THAT would have been DUMB! :p With me though, Mobil is more accessible to me, so I can change it whenever I want, whereas Amsoil is a little tougher to come by in Windsor.

Yeah give the amsoil a try and lemme know how it goes. I assume your tranny is fine? no grinds, no difficulting getting into any gears?

A couple guys that work at altech used to have grinding problems as well and switched to the amsoil and it totally eliminated their problems. so i figured i'd give it a try. worked out well for me :drunk:

Duy I'll see you June 14th we said??? We'll talk... :listen: Hopefully Steve lets me take a peek inside his shop too while I'm in the area...

Get Steve at Leitner to ship you some amsoil. at $10 per L for the engine oil it's a good bang for the buck. How mcuh is Motul? I think it was something like $20 per L? :eek:

any other places sell amsoil u know of duy?

where is altech?

we're heading down to Niagara for the show that day. you said you'll meet with us there? and it's a saturday i'm not sure if Leitner will be open that day anywats. :shrugs:

Dunno per liter, but at $6000, I think it was like an 80 gallon tank :p haha

Ya, it's a Saturday... maybe I cruize up to go to a bar on Friday night, then meet w/ you on Saturday and come with you for the cruize down to Niagara. My car's still on jack stands right now :wounded: and needs an alignment, and I'm stuck at work :( :cry:

none that i know of. Altech is 5 minutes from my place so when i need something it's just a hop and a skip away. Weston Rd. between St. Calir and Rogers

Now there's an idea :thumbup:

i think your car sees more of the jackstands than the road. :p

If oyu can come friday afternoon we can siwng by leitner and steve can give oyu the grand tour. :thumbup: it's quite breathtaking.