DC2 Type R Gearbox oil

[braeden]

royal purple is far better than OEM. its designed to take heat. both the engine and trans oils are the best. castrol edge is shit. oem is designed for normal driving and its prob a low end mineral oil.

At any stage in that sentence did you stop and ask yourself - "do I know more than the engineer?". I'm not disagreeing with you but it's not like you stated any hard evidence.

[jords]

Is redline shockproof g/box oil good with after market LSD (ATS, KAAZ etc).

Ive heard good things about the redline shock proof, Im thinking of changing to it. Has anyone had first hand experience with it?

[hisoka]

ive used elf gearbox and elf engine oil and i cant complain.

but for gearbox oil i think oem is great

[tseesinngwailo]

OK, so for a normal road-going DC2R, the Honda MTX is fine right? do they still sell it at dealerships? I hate having to go to the spares place at Rydalmere for Trivett. and how much is it normally?

Cheers
Tseesinngwailo

[aaronng]

I've only seen MTF. Never seen MTX at the dealer since I got my car in 2004.

[Lepperfish]

bit OT, but i've used Royal Purple engine oil and i wasnt impressed...

I was using motul 300v chrono. Found it burnt a bit of oil. Been using royal purple 10w-40 and finds it doesn't burn at all. Car runs fine on it. Although coming up to winter I might change it royal purple 10w-30 and see how it goes.

[Zilli]

i really liked the Motul, i think the 300v was the 5w30 stuff, the top end was a bit noisey on it, but i didn't mind... it was better than Mobil 1 IMO, but i find it hard to come by so i stuck too and stocked up on Mobil 1 gold

[Lepperfish]

I change my oil every 5,000km. With the 300v chrono I would have to top the oil up over the 5,000km. With the royal purple I haven't needed to top it up.

It's not that I didn't like the 300v, I'm happy with the royal purple because 5L is $85 where as 4L of the 300v is $100.

[tOniies]

Oem ftw!!!!

[JasonGilholme]

Interesting info here.

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=120538

OEM for me, and until i have a straight cut, multiplate LSD equipped, sequential box i'll only use OEM in it.

[Tegzieboi_BAR]

Motul 300V is amazing on the engine, idles quiet as anything, feels more responsive n revvy but best of all very smooth... Downside is it feels as though its got a much shorter life than the others n looks n feels pretty damn worn out after only 3000ks or so. + at $100 a pop not the cheapest shit around if u gotta change it every 4000ks.

Gearbox wise, OEM ftw (although i wouldnt mind givin Motul a shot)... make sure 2 change it every 10-15xxx n she'll be alrite. My box felt fine around the track even after fairly long sessions didnt skip a beat.

[90LAN]

Motul 300V is amazing on the engine, idles quiet as anything, feels more responsive n revvy but best of all very smooth... Downside is it feels as though its got a much shorter life than the others n looks n feels pretty damn worn out after only 3000ks or so. + at $100 a pop not the cheapest shit around if u gotta change it every 4000ks.

Gearbox wise, OEM ftw (although i wouldnt mind givin Motul a shot)... make sure 2 change it every 10-15xxx n she'll be alrite. My box felt fine around the track even after fairly long sessions didnt skip a beat.

nice to hear your box is going good