Power Boosting Oil

http://www.fastcar.co.uk/2012/08/28/millers-nanodrive-test/

1) Fast Car Test
2) £70 for 5L

whuh tuh fuh

Now that is quite a claim. I can believe it to an extent as when the oil starts to get old on the golf you feel a marked increase in turbo lag

To an extent it'll make a difference, but I'd like to see them put the old oil back in fresh (A-B-A style test) - bet it would give another random number. Not exactly the most scientific way of doing it, many other factors could have an effect on it all.

Hmmmmmm......
Not sure i buy it.
As i see it oils can have no advantages other than extraction of heat and engine wear.
Power increases just seem a little bs??

I bet it's oil from a snake!

Eliot said:

Hmmmmmm......
Not sure i buy it.
As i see it oils can have no advantages other than extraction of heat and engine wear.
Power increases just seem a little bs??

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Lubrication improvements perhaps?!

Might work well for the first 30 mins

Hell Audi charge more than that for Boggo oil.

I would be more concerned with its long term viability, all well and good having a nice power boost for the first week but how does it deal with the acids and solvents that gather in the oil over months of driving. What are its break down properties etc.

Maybe it is awesome stuff but oil has to do a hell of a lot of work in many areas so I wouldnt be in rush to throw it in a modern sensitive engine until its been around and real world tested for some time.

It's Millers so it should be good quality but the "spherical nanoparticles" parts sounds exactly the same as ZX-1 that you put into normal oil to have the same effect (fills the "pits" in metal surfaces same as the Millers stuff) -

It's has no OEM specs and diesel soot is a nano particle...

Also all oils form tribofilms, the most comment is from ZDDP anti wear.

25hp from an oil too, really? It's just so ridiculous

Gotta love lap dance bars and corporate entertainment, usually works well on fickle journos

Not heard of this stuff or read about it before but you can gain a bit of power by running a thinner oil.

was the "normal" oil they used old, or fresh stuff too? Maybe its just an improvement from running new oil.

Overlag said:

was the "normal" oil they used old, or fresh stuff too? Maybe its just an improvement from running new oil.

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was tested with fresh standard oil and then fresh millers

a few HP maybe! but 24hp

You have to question the dyno/operatior with that sort of difference.

Dyno's are so inaccurate/infallable and certainly dont offer reliable results so i'd even argue the VXR's results are simple down the tolerance.

ianh said:

It's Millers so it should be good quality but the "spherical nanoparticles" parts sounds exactly the same as ZX-1 that you put into normal oil to have the same effect (fills the "pits" in metal surfaces same as the Millers stuff)

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Do these things actually work or are they just an extra dose of the lubricant additives already in your engine oil?

Malt_Vinegar said:

Lubrication improvements perhaps?!

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Thats covered in decrease wear though i reckon?

*cough*bull****cough*