It is a good question that I havent gotten a answer to.
As far as I can recall, all oil starvation related disasters that reported oil type have been with synthetics. Most were Mobil One and one was AMSOIL. I sent emails to both companies and got no reply from Mobil but AMSOIL sent alot of test data showing good antiaeration protection compared with some other oils.
In talking with Chris Reinke of team Contour, he mentioned that in an earlier race car (not a Contour)he had a problem with areation with dino Quaker State that was solved (per tip from another racer)by switching to Valvoline. So, it seems that under racing situations at least, different types of dino may have different froathing potential. Whether this applies to synthetics, I dont know.
I am still running Mobil One myself, but I have thought about switching to Valvoline dino. But, so many performance cars run Mobile One can it really be a problem?? Most likely, this can be explained by the high % of SVT drivers running synthetic. Most likely....
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Dan
99SVT - Tropic Green
#554/2760
Stock - except minor intake, exhaust, & motor mount enhancements
