Patrick Morgan is an instructor at Chicago's Autobahn Country Club and contributes to a number of Auto sites, including MB World, Honda Tech, and 6SpeedOnline. Keep up with his latest racing and road adventures on Twitter and Instagram!
To show you which oil is better, the folks from Royal Purple take a Harley Davidson V-twin and use conventional oil in the first test, and synthetic in the next.
It’s easy enough to go out and buy a re-manufactured alternator on the cheap, but if you’re feeling ambitious about saving a few dollars, and having a fun little project, re-building an alternator yourself is really quite easy.