 
Main Menu
|
|
Nevada Classics
|
|
Advertise at CC
|
|
December 2024
|
| S |
M |
T |
W |
T |
F |
S |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
| 8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
| 15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
| 22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
| 29 |
30 |
31 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
CC Advertisers
|
|
11-17-2002, 03:52 PM
|
 |
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Hickory,
NC
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 427SC w/427so, ERA GT #2002
Posts: 1,106
|
|
Not Ranked
Best Oil Filter
There are a lot of opinions about which is the "best" oil filter: Mobil 1 vs. Purolator, Motorcraft vs. Deutsch, Fram vs. AC Delco, etc. Following will take you to a study that provides actual data concerning oil filters:
http://www.frankhunt.com/FRANK/corve...lterstudy.html
__________________
Tom
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough HORSEPOWER." Mark Donohue
Last edited by speed220mph; 11-17-2002 at 04:03 PM..
|
-
Advertising
11-17-2002, 08:25 PM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Meriden,Ct. USA,
Posts: 17
|
|
Not Ranked
So which is the BEST ?
|
11-18-2002, 08:16 AM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Hickory,
NC
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 427SC w/427so, ERA GT #2002
Posts: 1,106
|
|
Not Ranked
The "best" filter", well that's for you to decided. But the study provides a lot of information to sift through, but to cut to the chase, go to the bottom of the page and click on " Oil Filters Overview". This section provides recommended filters and filters to avoid. There are surprises on the recommended list, which lists filters that can save you money and not sacrifice quality.
Hope that helps.
__________________
Tom
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough HORSEPOWER." Mark Donohue
|
11-18-2002, 08:59 AM
|
 |
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Senoia,
Ga.
Cobra Make, Engine: 427SO with big twin autolite inlines on custom intake, jag rear, top loader, wembeldon white, guardsmen blue stripes
Posts: 3,155
|
|
Not Ranked
Thanks Tom, good Information.
__________________
Perry
Remember!, there's a huge difference between a 'parts' changer, and a mechanic.
|
11-18-2002, 10:32 AM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Meriden,Ct. USA,
Posts: 17
|
|
Not Ranked
Thanks Tom , I was looking at all the filters. The overview was what I was looking for.
|
11-18-2002, 10:56 AM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Senoia,
Ga.
Cobra Make, Engine: 427SO with big twin autolite inlines on custom intake, jag rear, top loader, wembeldon white, guardsmen blue stripes
Posts: 3,155
|
|
Not Ranked
Tom, get a couple of those SO off the disc harrow and call me.
__________________
Perry
Remember!, there's a huge difference between a 'parts' changer, and a mechanic.
|
11-18-2002, 11:18 AM
|
 |
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Olympia/Lacey,
WA
Cobra Make, Engine: West Coast. 514 / 6 speed Richmond overdrive
Posts: 1,981
|
|
Not Ranked
I will be using the K & N filters...
It would be nice if the person doing the study would finish the test on this make...I would love to read it... K&N is tops for air filters...
I would NEVER use any Fram...they are too restrictive at startup and some leak crud back into the motor...happened to a Dodge slant 6 I used to have...ended up with lifter/valve guide wear at 140 K this should not have happened to that motor...
__________________
James Madison, father of the Constitution, said, "If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy." He also said, "No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare..."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://www.standdown.net/index.htm
|
11-18-2002, 01:05 PM
|
 |
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: so cal,
Cal
Cobra Make, Engine: I used to fix them for a living
Posts: 2,563
|
|
Not Ranked
That's the first slant-6 I have heard of with an oil related problem. That's why they are so popular with the oil additive sellers, you can run a slant-6 with no oil all day long, so long as there is no load on it. That's what they do, they always have a slant-6 on a run stand, sans oil pan.
__________________
In a fit of 16 year old genius, I looked down through the carb while cranking it to see if fuel was flowing, and it was. Flowing straight up in a vapor cloud, around my head, on fire.
|
11-18-2002, 01:19 PM
|
 |
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: San Diego,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine:
Posts: 1,112
|
|
Not Ranked
That's so true about the old slant sixes. Rusted-out radiator with a cupful of water and one quart of wasted oil--still run all day. Course, not the peppiest of engines, either.
__________________
Bill Malone
Gashole
CSX4786
|
11-18-2002, 01:38 PM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Olympia/Lacey,
WA
Cobra Make, Engine: West Coast. 514 / 6 speed Richmond overdrive
Posts: 1,981
|
|
Not Ranked
It was a 1974 *Gold Duster*
It was my wife's transportation car when she commuted into South Sacramento where she worked at a TV station...perfect for driving in that war/crazy zone, and leaving parked...that old beaut never failed...only thing that ever happened was one flat and the alternator belt broke once...what a car...I kept it for years after she bought a new car, used it to run errands and such...and it really tore me up to sell it.. the admonitions about (some) Fram filters in the study posted above, are true... the bypass valves do not work right !
Oh, by the way, I won a bet once by exchanging the starter in 7 minutes flat...lol They are super nice to work on...
__________________
James Madison, father of the Constitution, said, "If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy." He also said, "No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare..."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://www.standdown.net/index.htm
Last edited by Back in Black; 11-18-2002 at 01:41 PM..
|
12-25-2002, 02:36 PM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Fayetteville, GA,
Posts: 300
|
|
Not Ranked
Wix Racing
I went to a NASCAR race and noticed that an awful lot of the oil filters I was seeing are Wix Racing filters. I ordered some from my local parts store and they run around 10 bucks. I use a Dry Sump system with a Weaver oil pump which is similar to the Nascar setup. I also have a remote filter setup so I don't know for sure if they make the Race version for regular motors but I would think so.
Regards,
__________________
Bob
Johnex Cobra, Buick V6
|
12-25-2002, 07:25 PM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Rock Hill,
SC
Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance, 396 CI
Posts: 1,268
|
|
Not Ranked
I run a racing Wix on an Ernie Elliot NASCAR remote mount. They cost $20-$30 each where i get mine. I run a no-bypass fine "endurance filter", has a 1&1/2 inch 12 thread bushing. Here is their web site:
http://www.wixfilters.com/productinformation/index.html
__________________
Hal Copple
Stroked SPF
"Daily Driver"
IV Corps 71-72, Gulf War
|
12-25-2002, 09:44 PM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: so cal,
Cal
Cobra Make, Engine: I used to fix them for a living
Posts: 2,563
|
|
Not Ranked
WIX racing. Buy it from NAPA. Nuff said
__________________
In a fit of 16 year old genius, I looked down through the carb while cranking it to see if fuel was flowing, and it was. Flowing straight up in a vapor cloud, around my head, on fire.
|
12-26-2002, 07:15 AM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Fayetteville, GA,
Posts: 300
|
|
Not Ranked
Hal,
I just checked my price on the Wix Race filters. I get a discount at NAPA and they are 12 bucks for the filters.
It may be mine uses a different number than what your using.
Regards,
__________________
Bob
Johnex Cobra, Buick V6
|
12-26-2002, 07:44 AM
|
 |
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Fairfield, NJ, USA,
NJ
Cobra Make, Engine: A & C, 351W, Tremec 3550. Exiled Member: Club Cranky
Posts: 5,897
|
|
Not Ranked
I use Wix Racing. From Afco Racing at 11.95 ea
http://www.secureperformanceorder.co...ProductID=4505
Roscoe
__________________
Roscoe
"Crisis occurs when women and cattle get excited!"....James Thurber
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is On
|
|
|
All times are GMT -7. The time now is 11:46 AM.
|
Linear Mode
