oil filter 4 track events?
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oil filter 4 track events?
just curious about what oil filter people who run track events/autocross use.
I was thinking of Amsoil due to the high flow characteristic, but I do not like the high price.
k&n has high flow but not the smallest pore size.
Baldwin seems to be the 3rd best, then mobil 1 and wix
I was thinking of Amsoil due to the high flow characteristic, but I do not like the high price.
k&n has high flow but not the smallest pore size.
Baldwin seems to be the 3rd best, then mobil 1 and wix
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Originally Posted by sdef
just curious about what oil filter people who run track events/autocross use.
I was thinking of Amsoil due to the high flow characteristic, but I do not like the high price.
k&n has high flow but not the smallest pore size.
Baldwin seems to be the 3rd best, then mobil 1 and wix
I was thinking of Amsoil due to the high flow characteristic, but I do not like the high price.
k&n has high flow but not the smallest pore size.
Baldwin seems to be the 3rd best, then mobil 1 and wix
I have used M1, Fram, Wix and Baldwin. and as Gary said above, I am not impressed wtih high $ filters. Gone back to AC Delco.
Lower oil pressure with ACDelco and lower cost. and when you change them every 2 or 3 events ( with oil change) dont spend the $$$$$
I get them a case at a time which will last me a year for the Track car, the Pickup and the wifes vette.
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Originally Posted by AU N EGL
Lower oil pressure with ACDelco and lower cost. and when you change them every 2 or 3 events ( with oil change) dont spend the $$$$$
The oil pressure sensor is downstream of the oil filter. If you are seeing lower oil pressure you are getting lower flow which is supported by the data on this guys website:
www.oilfilterstudy.com
SDEF,
The AMSOIL SDF32 filter was discontinued last December, but there are a few still floating around. The new EAO32 filter is a very good filter with new nanofiber technology, but I'm not sure that is really the filter you need at the track. I'd use it for daily driving though. I'm currently using the K&N 1007 for the track due to its quality and high flow rate.
FYI, the AMSOIL Preferred Customer Program price for the EAO32 is less than I paid for the K&N 1007s I bought at Autozone a few weeks ago.
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Ok Sub. Dang one has to be evey kind of engineer and specalist in every area just do drive a race car.
and my wife wonders why I dont have time to do yard work or help refinish furnature ( her hobby )
and my wife wonders why I dont have time to do yard work or help refinish furnature ( her hobby )
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Originally Posted by AU N EGL
Ok Sub. Dang one has to be evey kind of engineer and specalist in every area just do drive a race car.
and my wife wonders why I dont have time to do yard work or help refinish furnature ( her hobby )
and my wife wonders why I dont have time to do yard work or help refinish furnature ( her hobby )
My wife has wondered much the same thing (though her current hobby is scrapbooking)...
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Originally Posted by sdef
just curious about what oil filter people who run track events/autocross use.
I was thinking of Amsoil due to the high flow characteristic, but I do not like the high price.
k&n has high flow but not the smallest pore size.
Baldwin seems to be the 3rd best, then mobil 1 and wix
I was thinking of Amsoil due to the high flow characteristic, but I do not like the high price.
k&n has high flow but not the smallest pore size.
Baldwin seems to be the 3rd best, then mobil 1 and wix
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Lawrence
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Originally Posted by sdef
so which filter should I use for track only and which for daily driving?
Though I don't daily drive my Z06 anymore, I use the AMSOIL Ea Oil Filter in my wife's Chevy Trailblazer (which uses the same EAO32 the Vette would use) and my F350 turbo diesel. If I had a daily driver Vette, I'd be using an EAO32 in it.
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I do an oil change before each track day and use a K&N filter with the Mobil-1. After the track day, I'll check the oil level and replace the filter.
If you look at the AC-Delco filter boxes, you may find that some of theior filters are marked made in China This is not true of all of the AC Delco line but they are there.
The great majority of oil filter brands are made by three or four manufacturers. Wix is one of the manufactures and they provide a number of brand names.
I have heard good reports about the Purolator filter, NAPA, and WIX. Mobil 1 and K&N are good filters but pircey. FRAM is garbage; they use a cheap filter media that resembles very thin kraft paper (like a paper bag) and not a lot of it. Buy one and cut the can off!
If you look at the AC-Delco filter boxes, you may find that some of theior filters are marked made in China This is not true of all of the AC Delco line but they are there.
The great majority of oil filter brands are made by three or four manufacturers. Wix is one of the manufactures and they provide a number of brand names.
I have heard good reports about the Purolator filter, NAPA, and WIX. Mobil 1 and K&N are good filters but pircey. FRAM is garbage; they use a cheap filter media that resembles very thin kraft paper (like a paper bag) and not a lot of it. Buy one and cut the can off!
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some of my research indicates that champion labs makes filters for some ac delco, stp, mobil and k&n.
amsoil and baldwin may be made by the same company.
but I can not say the info is conclusive, since I really did not find a great deal of info that I would totally trust.
bottom line seems to trust the amsoil, bladwin, kn and mobil filters. they may cost more than $6 a filter but we are talking about motors set up for high performance.
anyone know anything about the wix RACE filters?
amsoil and baldwin may be made by the same company.
but I can not say the info is conclusive, since I really did not find a great deal of info that I would totally trust.
bottom line seems to trust the amsoil, bladwin, kn and mobil filters. they may cost more than $6 a filter but we are talking about motors set up for high performance.
anyone know anything about the wix RACE filters?
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Originally Posted by sdef
amsoil and baldwin may be made by the same company.
anyone know anything about the wix RACE filters?
anyone know anything about the wix RACE filters?
From their corporate website listing, looks like Purolator is also a Clarcor holding.
Last year AMSOIL partnered with Wix and Donaldson to make their new lines of EA Oil and Air filters. AMSOIL now carries both the Wix and Donaldson lines as well as their own proprietary lines of EA filters, but only where the products don't overlap, thus AMSOIL doesn't carry the Wix filter for the Vette as there is an EA Oil Filter for the Vette. FYI, AMSOIL filters are made in the USA.
I looked into Wix racing filters when AMSOIL partnered with Wix and found that Wix doesn't make a racing filter for the LSx motors.
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Originally Posted by sdef
thus all 3 must have different filter designs.
the wix 51069r is for chevrolet but not the vette?
the wix 51069r is for chevrolet but not the vette?
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Originally Posted by sdef
51042 is the regular wix filter with small pore size of 19 and a flow of 9.1- not something I would want on the track.
I looked up the 51069R and it has this data:
Thread: 13/16-16
Hieght: 4.33
O.D. 3.6
The stock filter (51042) is:
Thread: 13/16-16
Hieght: 3.40
O.D. 2.92
Wix doesn't make any racing filters with these specs, I checked.