# Swithing BACK to conventional oil from synthetic

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [December 21, 2006, 5:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swithing-back-to-conventional-oil-from-synthetic/21952 "2006-12-21T05:29:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swithing-back-to-conventional-oil-from-synthetic/21952/44 "2006-12-23T08:40:59Z")

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Valvoline Synpower \> Mobil 1

Everyone is quick to hop on the Mobil 1 circle jerk, because its omgmobilone!. There are better oils out there. Mobil 1 has actually switched to a group III synthetic recently, which is essentially a dino oil that is extremely refined to have the same properties as a full synthetic. A real synthetic is PAO (polyalphaolefin). Is there really a difference? A little, but admittedly not that much. Regardless, Valvoline Synpower outperformed Mobil 1 in a majority of the categories used to rate oils, even before Mobil 1 switched to g3.

I never understood why people would use a cheap oil in a good car. Hop onto whatever synthetic bandwagon you want, but please dont use walmart supertech in a good car. $500 beater? sure!

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