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Old Sep 10, 2005 | 04:00 PM
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I went ahead and gave her some new oil today. I had 10% left but couldn't wait. All went smooth cleaned the underneath while I had her on the lift. Mobil 1 5w30 and a fram filter.
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Old Sep 10, 2005 | 06:22 PM
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Changing the oil at 10% is fine but I wouldn't have used the Fram oil filter.
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Fram filter??
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Old Sep 10, 2005 | 09:58 PM
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Fram filter??
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Old Sep 10, 2005 | 10:13 PM
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take it off and put on a K&N filter flows 3x more oil per min then fram
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Old Sep 11, 2005 | 12:48 AM
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At the very least put an OEM oil filter on and junk that Fram.
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Old Sep 11, 2005 | 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Z06 Steve
take it off and put on a K&N filter flows 3x more oil per min then fram
But... the K&N sacrifices filtration for that flow, which is a tradeoff.
This guy's filter study has some interesting data: www.oilfilterstudy.com

The AMSOIL SDF Oil Filter provides a good balance of filtration vs flow. Part number for the LS1/LS2/LS6 is SDF32.
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Old Sep 11, 2005 | 10:10 PM
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The fram was not my first choice the auto parts store had no other filter for a corvette. This is a dd and I will get a case oems long before next change.
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What auto store doesn't have AC Delco oil filters for the Corvette?
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