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Many of my performance minded prospects are using Redline oil. The current data sheets on our TRO do not include Redline in the Four-Ball Wear Test comparison. It used to be in the previous comparisons. Is there a reason Redline was dropped from the chart? How do the products compare today?
Because Redline produces and sells much less volume we have little to gain by “recognizing” them in our literature or our labels. We want to avoid the potential of introducing some of our customers to a competitor whom they never heard of. (See “Marketing Warfare” by Ries & Trout.)
For this reason we made a conscious decision to only include companies in our testing that were significantly larger than us, where the most benefit can be gained by performance comparison. TRO still outperforms Redline 20W-50 in the 4-Ball Wear Test, but we did not believe it was in our best interest to continue to include them on our labels or literature.
We do, however, understand that there are individuals in special situations who need to affirm the superior performance comparisons to specific small competitors. Below are recent 4-Ball Wear Test results for these situations.
Four-Ball Wear Test
(ASTM D4172) 60 kg pressure @ 150°C, 1800 RPM, 1 hour
As Tested February, 2002 |
| Oil Tested |
Wear Scar |
| AMSOIL Series 2000 20W-50 (TRO) |
.44 mm |
| Redline 20W-50 |
.73 mm |
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