ok... the difference between synthetic and normal are so minor you would never know the difference unless you were racing in nascar or somethin. If this is your baby and you have the money to spare go ahead and get the synthetic if not the normal will do just fine. synthetic oil was made for airplane jet engines and they just figured why not make it for cars? umm me personally I use a sae 30 in all my cars and thats what I recomend to my freinds in the area.