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Where do you guys get the Mobile Racing Oil and filter for your speedmasters? $50 for the oil and $14 for the filter at the dealer.. any place cheaper out there?

Hi Keith,

This link might help...

You won't find that Triumph branded Mobil racing oil anyplace but at a Triumph shop and $50 is about the going rate for it.
Many of the guys on this site are using either Mobil MX-4T which you can get at many AutoZone or Checker stores for about $8 a quart or Amsoil which sells for around $7 a quart. Filters can be cross referenced as well though be careful you get what you pay for to some extent.

Check out some of the on going threads on oil and filters posted in the Tech Talk section.

Keith

I thought about using the mobile mx4t.........but figured the price diff was'nt that much better........the mobil 1 T also had the correct viscosity

Mobil 1 V-Twin oil at Autozone, $7/quart. Bosch or NAPA gold oil filter for $4-$5.

go with the Amsoil, its better, cheaper, and you can become a dealer.(tax write off for your home office) also i get my filter at NAPA but Amsoil has a filter, and i believe thay even have a chrome one available.

Amsoil is the best for the money. There is a huge thread in the Misc category.

Or, install a Wiseco big bore kit, complete with iron sleeves, and run any good oil you want!

One of you math majors can figure out how long, and how many oil changes of less expensive oil, it would take to finance the big bore kit.... (Use 3000 mile change intervals)

OK, I'll do it: save $40 per change and the bore kit is on sale for $400 right now (from Brent or Dweeb) so you would need 10 oil changes to save $400, or approx. 30,000 miles.

I thought the point of using the best oils was just as much about the clutch and tranny as it is about the engine?