Largest Oil Filters
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Burning Brakes
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Largest Oil Filters
I want to run the largest capacity oil filter possible, without having it hang below the bottom of the pan. I'm not running a factory type oil cooler adapter, so I can have a filter that is 7+ inches long, and not have it hang below the pan.
There is the AC PF35L and PF1218, but these are only 5 inches long. Then there is the monster PF932 and Fram PH373 but these are too long at 8 inches.
Is there any offerings between these sizes, or even something slightly bigger in diameter also?
There is the AC PF35L and PF1218, but these are only 5 inches long. Then there is the monster PF932 and Fram PH373 but these are too long at 8 inches.
Is there any offerings between these sizes, or even something slightly bigger in diameter also?
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Originally Posted by Mr6spd
There is the AC PF35L and PF1218, but these are only 5 inches long. Then there is the monster PF932 and Fram PH373 but these are too long at 8 inches.
Burning Brakes
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nothing easily available fits your needs. i don't know exactly how long they are, but donaldson a long filter, i believe tpis sells it. they might be 8", though.
in the wix racing series there's the 51794R, it's 7.8" long.
if you're interested in comparing the PF1218 filters:
looks like it's mostly flow vs filtration
-michael
in the wix racing series there's the 51794R, it's 7.8" long.
if you're interested in comparing the PF1218 filters:
looks like it's mostly flow vs filtration
-michael
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Burning Brakes
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Originally Posted by MSR
nothing easily available fits your needs. i don't know exactly how long they are, but donaldson a long filter, i believe tpis sells it. they might be 8", though.
in the wix racing series there's the 51794R, it's 7.8" long.
if you're interested in comparing the PF1218 filters:
looks like it's mostly flow vs filtration
-michael
in the wix racing series there's the 51794R, it's 7.8" long.
if you're interested in comparing the PF1218 filters:
looks like it's mostly flow vs filtration
-michael
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FWIW, I use the AC Delco PF1218 filter on my 87 as it still does not go below the oil pan even with the factory oil cooler. It holds almost 3/4 quart (I fill my filter before I install it) so you do get some increase in the oil capacity. The "correct" AC Delco PF25 filter has been discontinued and I have not seen that AC Delco equal in other brands.
I had been told that there are only 3 major manufacturers of oil filters. WIX is one but I can't recall the other two right now (damn CRS!!
). A lot of brands are basically the same with simply different labels.
There was an earlier oil filter study done and it's still on the ZR-1 Net http://people.msoe.edu/~yoderw/oilfi...lterstudy.html What I found interesting was that FRAM really got slammed due to the poor quality of the filtering media and a lot of the members here still consider them to be garbage.
I had been told that there are only 3 major manufacturers of oil filters. WIX is one but I can't recall the other two right now (damn CRS!!
). A lot of brands are basically the same with simply different labels. There was an earlier oil filter study done and it's still on the ZR-1 Net http://people.msoe.edu/~yoderw/oilfi...lterstudy.html What I found interesting was that FRAM really got slammed due to the poor quality of the filtering media and a lot of the members here still consider them to be garbage.
