Merch Performance Recommends AMSOIL Synthetic Motorcycle Oil for its V-Twin Engines

Merch Performance of Red Deer, Alberta Canada is world renowned for their award winning V-twin engine development. In fact, they won 2002 Performance Product of the Year and have a rock solid reputation in the business for aesthetics and reliability.

Owner Gerry Merchant takes great pride in the quality engines his company produces. Every shop station has a specification check sheet, and each machine and part is carefully and regularly checked for proper calibration and tolerances. “We build a Canadian V-twin engine here,” says Merchant. “In house we manufacture the crankcases, flywheels, connecting rods, cylinders, cylinder heads, rocker covers, and pushrod tubes and we assemble the engines for shipping worldwide.”

A number of patented innovations make Merch engines the best of the best. “The reason why the engines we build stand out is because of a long list of features that make Merch engines almost indestructible,” explains Merchant. “But what we call bullets are the main feature of our crankcases.”

Before assembly, from the inside of the crankcase halves, eight holes are drilled in the crankcase at a 90-degree angle to the cylinder stud placement. Eight round stainless steel “bullets,” which are larger than the holes at normal temperatures, are cooled with liquid nitrogen, pressed into the heated crankcases, machined smooth and drilled and tapped for cylinder stud placement.

“We’ve never had a stud pull out of the case,” says Merchant. “It’s impossible for them to move. The case would have to self-destruct before a cylinder stud would move.”

In additions to bullets, Merchant has developed a 37-point list of other innovative ideas for engine design, including small diameter flywheels which allow for a thicker crankcase, huge steel cylinder liners and dowel pins placed throughout the engine to allow true alignment of all components.

A patented oil cooling system significantly decreases oil temperatures. The oil cooler and filter are combined in a small unit, described by Merchant as “a jar within a jar.” Oil continually moves through a 40-micron sintered bronze filter as it flows through the inner jar. When extra cooling is required, a manual valve is turned, moving the oil through the filter to the outer jar and by the larger cooling fins. Cooling area is increased, decreasing lubricant temperature by over 10 degrees F in stop-and-go traffic and 30 degrees F on the highway.

Merch engines are available in a number of sizes and power ratings, starting at the 100 c.i. Stage I “Fatso” that offers 90 hp and 98 ft/lbs at the rear wheel, to the enormous 131 c.i. Stage III that pumps out 140 hp and 150 ft/lbs at the rear wheel.

Merchant recently stepped down as CEO of Merch Performance to concentrate on building a complete motorcycle, the Merch RT Cruiser. “Building the RT Cruiser came about from customers having their motorcycles modified in our shop,” explains Merchant. “We would install our Merch engines in Evo and Twin Cam frames and then beef up everything to accommodate the increased horsepower and torque.

“As we went through this process we addressed all the OEM deficiencies, found out what was marginal and fixed the problems. In learning all of the possible and impossible problems, we created the RT Cruiser.”

The carefully crafted high performance V-twin engines manufactured by Merch Performance require a premium high performance lubricant. The company recommends AMSOIL 20W-50 Synthetic Motorcycle Oil. AMSOIL Synthetic Motorcycle Oils offer unparalleled protection and performance, keeping wear to an absolute minimum, reducing operating temperatures and keeping engines clean and deposit-free.

Premium AMSOIL Synthetic Motor Oils offer the longest drain intervals on the market, unsurpassed protection and performance that effectively extends equipment life and improved fuel economy, saving customers money at the pump and reducing the nation’s dependence on foreign oil.

"AMSOIL INC. warrants that the use of its lubricants will not cause mechanical damage to any mechanically sound equipment when AMSOIL INC. products are used in full compliance with the company's recommendations and instructions."

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AMSOIL synthetic motor oils are formulated to surpass engine test specifications, offering protection far greater than competing motor oils for extended drain intervals. Most synthetic oil manufacturers make no claim to extended drain intervals, deferring to the maintenance schedule provided by the vehicle manufacturer. With its unparalleled oil and warranty program, AMSOIL offers consumers unprecedented protection and economics.

Another AMSOIL First

More than 20 years ago, AMSOIL began using the NOACK volatility test as a comparison tool and measurement of quality. Back then, nearly every oil tested side-by-side with AMSOIL synthetic motor oils failed, and those that passed barely squeaked by. Other oil companies paid no attention to NOACK results until Ford Motor Company made it a requirement for service fill oils, validating what AMSOIL had said all along.

THE NOACK Volatility Test
The NOACK Volatility Test determines the evaporation loss of lubricants in high temperature service. The more motor oils vaporize, the thicker and heavier they become, contributing to poor circulation, reduced fuel economy and increased oil consumption, wear and emissions. AMSOIL Synthetic Motor Oil resists high temperature volatization better than other motor oils. AMSOIL Synthetic Motor Oil maintains peak fuel efficiency and reduces oil consumption and emissions.

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ISO 9001:2000 is applicable to any manufacturing and service organization providing a framework for system development that focuses on the customer, quality system performance and ongoing improvement. AMSOIL received ISO 9001:2000 registration under the scope: synthetic lubricants blending, packaging, and other fulfillment directly associated with lubricant product.

The ISO certification puts AMSOIL in line with some of the most efficient companies in the world. It is further assurance that the products and services AMSOIL provides will continue to maintain the high level of quality the company always demanded.

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