I'm probably going overboard here, but here's more on shock oil viscosity for anyone that cares:
http://www.twf8.ws/php/index.php?opt...per&Itemid=175
Earlier I wrote that the metric oil ratings were in CPS (centipoise) and that's not quite right. They're rated in CTS (centistokes) which happens to be very close to having values equivalent to CPS in the case of silicon oil.