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ProDrive Type 6, 0W-20, 1 Qt.

Synthetic motor oils have been on the market for many years. Most major oil companies have introduced their version of synthetic motor oil. All of these oils are blended using commercially available additive packages pre-approved for read across API certification. These additive packages are blended to produce the lowest possible cost oil that will pass the selected API certification requirements. This is the reason motor oils, including synthetics, are all very similar (EXCEPT ALISYN).


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Alisyn synthetic motor oils are blended to give the highest possible performance, regardless of cost. We use expensive ingredients that make it impossible to compete, based on cost, with most other motor oils on the market. Alisyn motor oils are designed for high performance race engines, not the small test engines used for API certification.


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Most API-TC and TCW3 oils are formulated using a pre-approved (API/TCW) additive package and oil (either synthetic or mineral) based combination. The result is that most of the commercially available oils are remarkably similar in performance characteristics such as anti-wear and shear stability properties. To differentiate these commercially available oils for the consumer, the major oil companies use extensive marketing, sponsorship, and selling strategies.

2) Aerospace Lubricants, Inc. chose a different strategy. We created our own additive package relying on our 35+ years of experience in the aerospace lubrication field. The additive package we developed was designed as a "cost no object package". If it would have been possible to develop a better oil at a greater cost, we would have done it. We then submitted our complete Alisyn product line to an independent U.S. Government approved laboratory for comparison testing against the best known commercial brands. The results did not surprise us. In all of the tests that determine an oil's performance properties, our product line consistently came out on top.


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We truly believe that our products are in a class by themselves. If mainstream manufacturers used our additive package (the base fluid for all synthetics is PAO oil- PolyAlphaOlephin) they would be charging $40.00 per quart. It is the additive package that makes all the difference in the world.


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The products we manufacture and sell to the Aerospace market are neither PAO nor Ester based. The are PFPE (PerFluoroPolyEther) oils and greases. Their primary application is in flight control surface actuation devices (ailerons, rudders) and gearboxes. The very high cost of these products precludes their use and marketing to the consumer market. PFPE oils start at about $50.00 per pound and go up to $1500.00 per pound. The performance they offer is way beyond what is required in even the most demanding consumer applications.


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Well, since my disposable income has dwindled into the non-existent range for quite some time, I've been quite happy using Brad Penn products as of late for my lubrication needs. It is rather disheartening for a tinkerer like me though, as this product has come up in my searches before as a viable tryable product.

But alas...not at the present time, as since the oil spikes this past year, synthetics have unfortunately followed suit and raised there costs to the same extreme at this point, making once again, a gap between the two.

Also, in my undying urge to learn and understand more, I've discovered that the typical driver really doesn't need anything much more than a good group III product with a decent additive pack...no more, no less.
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