Okay, that's what I wanted to hear. I as well heard that Fram products suck and I've stayed away from them but I wanted to hear some first hand experience. Good to know.
I just use regular old AC Delco filters, they've done me well.

 

Wix oil filters used to have a cutaway visual-demo display in auto parts stores where you could see the difference between theirs,Fram and one other(might've been Purolator). Wix media and bypass valve looked better than the others.

 

I mentioned this mainly because the FRAM doesn't have an anti-drain back system in their oil filters.

FRAM is not terrible, the clogging and/or disintigrating (SP?) filters are a thing of the past and have been a non-issue for a number of years now.


However I will admit that I do not buy FRAM for this very reason.

 

I beg to differ. I saw one that failed in May of this year. It smoked the main bearings on a BBC on the dyno. this was a Fram HP filter also. supposed to be 'top of line' for FRAM. their filters suck bottom line. they screw on and that is about it.

 

the experiences i have seen is where the glue in the filter and the paper both coming apart causing a resriction. i have seen this more than once.i have also seen the paper give way.i think most instances were from extended periods of filter change. i have used all ac delco filters since.if not a/c then wix.

 

The engine specs of this engine were?

I have a theory to that if you can answer the above question...

 

same filter wix made napa filters

 

I use a Canton racing filter,it has a replaceable element and flows about twice what a stock filter will.

 

Notice a difference in the way it runs?

 

I have heard horror stories of fram filters exploding on $10,000 racing motors while going down the track. I have also experienced fram oil filter failure and havent bought one since. This particular incedent happened on my girlfriends 04 honda accord, I do all the oil changes myself (I have mechanical ability amd used to do oil changes, transmission filter and fluid changes and tires etc at a service station) I used a fram xtra guard and the filter lasted 2,000 miles and then out of the blue one day the gasket blew out on one side and squirted out about 3 qts of oil. Good thing we were only 2 miles from home and we were able to pull into a friends driveway and get a ride. And before fou ask, I always hand tighten my filters and this is the first time thats ever happened. I use WIX or AC. WIX also makes Carquest's filters.