AMSOIL Products
Make Believer out of Race/Show Car Owner.
Richard Giddens finds AMSOIL an
Invaluable Asset for his Prize AMC Race
Car.
About
three years ago a friend told me about
AMSOIL products. He explained how they
would conserve fuel in my Dodge pickup
truck. At first I was skeptical. I thought
this was just another product promising
to work better than anything else. After
some convincing I gave in and tried AMSOIL.
My Dodge pickup was a 2000 year model
with 140K miles on it. My truck typically
got 19-20 MPG. That following weekend
we traveled to West Texas. I carefully
calculated the mileage. . .then recalculated
the mileage. I was amazed to find that
my truck actually got 22.23 MPG after
switching to AMSOIL. That is an increase
of 3 to 4 MPG.
I became a believer in
this product. I added it to all of my
vehicles including my 2002 41Ft. CAT
Diesel motor home, 1971 AMX Javelin show
car, and a 1971 AMX Drag Racing muscle
car as well as my wife's 2004 Chevrolet
Avalanche pickup. The performance of
all the vehicles improved, especially
my 1971 AMX Dragster. This car has an
800+ HP engine with a 15:1 compression
ratio.
After 10 runs down the
strip the cam distributor gears went
out. I replaced the gears and added standard
20W50 Castrol racing oil (not AMSOIL).
The car performed at 125 MPH in the quarter
mile on the first run. This was 8 MPH
slower than the typical 133 MPH I was
getting with the AMSOIL product. On inspection
of the car after this run 1 discovered
that the new gears had also stripped
out. Apparently the gears had never been
compatible. I replaced them once more
and this time added AMSOIL. My car resumed
its outstanding performance on the track
at 133 MPH in 10.38 seconds. I also believe
that AMSOIL actually preserved my car's
gears for those first 10 runs and they
would have stripped sooner without AMSOIL.
Now at 191K miles, my Dodge diesel pickup
continues to perform well and maintains
the 22 to 23 MPG.
Richard Giddens
Owner:
1971 Javelin AMX "Rare Breed" Race Car
1971 Javelin AMX Show Car
2004 Chevy Avalanche Pickup
2000 Dodge Turbo-Diesel Pickup
2002 41 Ft Cat Diesel Powered Motorhome
Note: The incompatible
timing gears on the distributor of the
AMX Drag Car lasted 10 runs before stripping
out when lubricated by the AMSOIL Series
2000 20W-50 Racing oil. The next set of
distributor timing gears were also incompatible
and only lasted one 1/4 mile pass with
Castrol 70W-50 Racing oil. |