quote:Originally posted by Pantera 4134:
PS: I have never heard anything but bad things about Fram oil filters. My 2cents is spending the money on a good quality K&N/Mobil 1. Even the MotorCraft filters are much better rated than Frams.
Jeff
True, Fram is a poor choice for oil filters, there are several pictures with the review at the bottom here. Personally I run a Pure Power oil filter. They are reusable (a "lifetime" filter)and when you take them apart for cleaning you can see any tell-tell signs of serious problems. Ther are a series of small magnets for collecting the metal particals, and since it is made of surgical grade stainless steel mesh, this filter both filters smaller micron particles and flows more oil than a conventional paper filter. Are they cheap? No, they run about $200. But when I see people throw down any where from $4000 to $15,000 on a killer engine and then spend five bucks on a cheap filter it makes me want to cry. In my opinion, the $200 filter is cheap insurance to keep your Cleveland healthy.