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Old Oct 3, 2006 | 06:36 PM
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Wasup guys just wanted to know how much quarts of oil an 04 gt takes? I put 6 quarts of royal purple 5w20 is that right? I tried searching and found nothing, thanks.
 
Old Oct 3, 2006 | 06:45 PM
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Old Oct 3, 2006 | 07:14 PM
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The ford owners manual says 6 quarts, so thats what Ive always put in it. I have always used motorcraft 5w-20, but the vortech manual says to use 5w-30 fully synthetic. Im switching to royal purple next oil change, even if it is over $7 a quart
 
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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 09:44 AM
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6. 8 for me with an oil cooler. Royal purple is a serious investment for me.
 
Old Oct 9, 2006 | 11:57 AM
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5-6 quarts.
 
Old Oct 9, 2006 | 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Atalien
Wasup guys just wanted to know how much quarts of oil an 04 gt takes? I put 6 quarts of royal purple 5w20 is that right? I tried searching and found nothing, thanks.
6 quarts
 
Old Oct 9, 2006 | 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by jeredan2003
The ford owners manual says 6 quarts, so thats what Ive always put in it. I have always used motorcraft 5w-20, but the vortech manual says to use 5w-30 fully synthetic. Im switching to royal purple next oil change, even if it is over $7 a quart
You're not supposed to use synthetic with a supercharger. It causes blow by.
 
Old Oct 9, 2006 | 05:12 PM
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block holds 5qts...

if you change the oil filter too (WHICH YOU SHOULD) you use 6...

I like purolator filters... and i use mobil oil...

i've heard bad things about fram
 
Old Oct 9, 2006 | 05:27 PM
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I use Motorcraft or K&N and Mobil.
 
Old Oct 9, 2006 | 07:41 PM
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You're not supposed to use synthetic with a supercharger. It causes blow by.
sloppy huge gaps, incorrectly phased rings and worn rings or cylinder bores cause blow by. Not synthetic oil. Show me some docs.
 
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motorcraft filters and whatever synthetic they have 8 quarts of.
 
Old Oct 9, 2006 | 08:35 PM
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My 96 has always taken 6 quarts and with even the new motor rebuild it took about 6 1/4 for it. Mobil one filters and either mobil one synthetic or Royal purple ($4.95 a quart here) or amsoil and amsoil filters. It depends how rich I am feeling. Just remember Royal Purple and Amsoil will find every little place to drip from in a motor with some well worn miles. I never had an oil leak with my first motor even with full synthetics until I switched to Amsoil. Be carefull.
 
Old Oct 11, 2006 | 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by r3dn3ck
sloppy huge gaps, incorrectly phased rings and worn rings or cylinder bores cause blow by. Not synthetic oil. Show me some docs.
Just going by what I heard from Tim at ModularPowerhouse.
 
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