mello dude

My VFR manual specs out 8k intervals for changing the oil, my Ducati specs out 7.5k miles. Seen BMW cars with something like 16k mile oil change intervals. Heck some cars (corvettes for one) don't even have mileage recommendations, they have an oil change light that turns on depending on a whole host of programmed conditions. Why not go with what the manufacturer calls for? Lots of people are under the impression that the engineers get to write the specifications to the letter that they want and believe is correct. Well, in a large corporation, quite often, that is only partially true. Some corps, it is a policy from the top, that they want to promote the appearance that they are Pro Green policy. Honda is big on this. So, what happens quite often is that marketing gets its orders and they have to take that and wrestle with the engineers to agree on a balance of policy and the balance of technical reality. So here, specing out a 8k interval may be totally possible, and some have demontrated it, as a company promoting long intervals seems to be a pro green, environmental help the earth thing and that is good PR for the manufacturer. But assuming 8k interval fits everybodys situation? Probably not true. (Why Blackstone gets business.) As an automotive engineer, I have been in quite a few situations that marketing insists that we have to change something for a policy or a cost issue. - Engineer says I need $25 to do this right, marketing come back and demands you only get $20. So your stuck and have to lowball components to put it together. Ad nausem. (sucks) - I'm guessing this happened to VFR wire harnesses.

Ive looked at a few of these Blackstone reports, and they strike me as an engine health report more than an oil report. Yes, they do the analysis of the elements in the oil. But are they saying the sample is acceptable and can run farther, longer? Are they saying you can run another 4000 miles? - Interpretation is key. What do you guys think?

Looks good! Damn thats a clean 5th gen!

Wow, fantastic! That's some impressive work.

Wow, that's pretty cool. Give us a riding report after you've been riding it awhile.

Aw, hate to see frodus give up on it. He's been at it for quite a while.

^^^^^ -- Try this - Gary at Custom rewind. Its cheaper than new. A couple guys here have done it. http://www.customrewind.com/

Hey JZH - um, well gotta ask - Are you going to do any dyno runs and charts? How 'bout a few quarter mile runs for grins. - I bet I'm not the only curious foole on this stuff....

^^^^^^^^^ Yyyyyeeeeesssssss! Cool.....

Great job! Opens up different wheel possibilities......

Bookmarked!

Since the 6th gen uses a 3 row cooler, it probly wouldnt hurt to a least bump up to at least a 3 row on a 5th gen. Also I hear that the 6th gen radiators are larger than the 5th.

Sweet job Tink! -Your wire harness rework blows me away!

Great job Tink! -- Curious about the mirrors - what are they? -- looks good... Kudos! - Nice video!

Well - I think your nutz, your giving up a lot of leverage when you really need to grab a handful of brake. - But to each his own.

Great thread!