Oil/filter for built engines

[Batmanntexas]

Originally Posted by acammer

No - and that's not really the point of a reusable filter. The reusable filter gives you the ability to easily have a look "inside" the engine - you can get a good idea if you're producing any metal, what type, and what sort of volume, and all of those can be very important indicators for the health of the combination.

So, for the enthusiast that wanted to keep tabs on those items mentioned above, would you consider this as a pre-filter for a dual filter setup?

Seems like it wouldn't be beneficial for a street car that follows normal oil change intervals (3K miles +/-) due to the increased micron size rating?

Thanks,
Scott

[johnnyb305mia]

Originally Posted by Batmanntexas

So, for the enthusiast that wanted to keep tabs on those items mentioned above, would you consider this as a pre-filter for a dual filter setup?

Seems like it wouldn't be beneficial for a street car that follows normal oil change intervals (3K miles +/-) due to the increased micron size rating?

Thanks,
Scott

Street Cars are a huge open-ended definition. Reality is this is more of a street race car/ race car type of Deal. People with built motors and what not like myself who run Holley Terminator X Max and tons of other modifications which I won't get into her not to thread jack, are not going off of Mileage, but more going off hits and races and passes. That whole change at 3K Interval works good for a normal street car. I don't think most people with regular street cars are even thinking about what is in their oil as far as particles or metal or any of that. Hell, I'd say most people with a regular modified street cars probably don't even check their oil level between intervals. With regards to what he said, he did not say it weas worse filtration, simply not superior.

[acammer]

Originally Posted by Batmanntexas

So, for the enthusiast that wanted to keep tabs on those items mentioned above, would you consider this as a pre-filter for a dual filter setup?

Seems like it wouldn't be beneficial for a street car that follows normal oil change intervals (3K miles +/-) due to the increased micron size rating?

Thanks,
Scott

Johnny summed it up pretty good, it's really intended for more of a race application. As you mentioned, it can be used on a street car, and as Johnny mentioned it's really about the same as far as filtering quality - it's comparable to your off the shelf paper filters. The whole point is to be able to make regular checks on the filter for a good gauge on how things are holding up. If you wait to identify there is metal in the oil till you've logged 3,000 miles, you're way behind trying to resolve things before you could have bigger problems.