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Originally Posted by Chris Elworthy
I've seen setup's refer to shock oil at 450 wt or 550 wt, what weight is this in old school 25,30,35wt etc?
Sorry I've been out the game a few years! Ha!
Cheers
Chris
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Hi Chris
I just recently got back in as well, and this is one of the things that I see causing a lot of confusion. When you see numbers like 550 etc. it is normally in the unit of cst or cps. These are standardised ways of measuring the viscosity of fluids and should be fairly equal between different manufacturers of oil. Wt on the other hand is completely manufacturer specific, so it only tells you the relative difference between oils from the same make. For instance 35 wt AE oil is not the same as 35 wt Losi.
A good reference is the Durango shock oil comparison table, I believe it is stickied in this forum, it gives a good overview of some of the common makes.
Hope this helps
/Greger