[Formulajones]

Originally Posted by locomotivebreath

I live in northern Kentucky close to Cincinnati and I haven’t seen 10w30 vr1 in years . Just 20w50 . Autozone close by carried the 10w30 vr1 synthetic but I must’ve been the only guy buying it . That’s been atleast 12 years .

I used to live near cinci, Amelia to be exact and then moved out to the country in hamersville.
Of course this was 20 years ago but grew up out there and always bought the vr1 from Hamlet which was a branch of KOI in northern Kentucky. They had 10-30 at that time.

Also just a heads up, this may or may not be current info but I was told a few years ago that 10-30 vr1 does not have as much of the zinc and phosphorous as the 20-50 does. Reasoning I was told was due to the fact that more people are likely to buy the 10-30 and put it in their newer cars with cat converters so the lighter weight was reduced per regulations.
I can't confirm because I haven't done an oil analysis on it but something to maybe check into, I know many go for the lighter viscosities and look at vr1 as a cheaper alternative.

Ironically I'm currently using the 10-30 vr1 in a crate engine because that's what blueprint recommended and since it's under warranty I'll play along for a while. Only thing I don't like about vr1 is the lack of detergent and additive packages that some of the better oils have so it has to be changed more frequently