>From past experience, the Fram competition filters are made with a much
heavier cannister thickness and base plate. They leave out the bypass valve
so the filter is always on full flow. It is my understanding that there is
more filter media in these filters. They are sort of like that Amoco
synthetic oil that was mentioned a day or two ago. Racers get the good
stuff, the rest have to deal with a lesser product.
Larry
>From: Mark Sirota <msirota@isc.upenn.edu>
>To: Larry Steckel <lorenzoscribe@hotmail.com>
>CC: mdebusk@vt.edu, autox@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Fram Oil Filters
>Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 11:53:12 -0500
>
>Larry Steckel wrote:
> > There are a lot of different grades of filter paper available.
> > Fram uses an inexpensive one due to the volumes involved.
>
>There are also a lot of different Fram filters. Anyone know if
>this generalization carries across their entire product line?
>
>Lots of race cars use the Fram HP series -- designed to take much
>higher pressures. I use the HP-1 on my Formula Ford, as
>recommended by a couple of engine builders. Do these filters,
>not designed for the masses, have the same weaknesses as the
>commodity filters? (I know, I'll have to cut one open and see...)
>
>Mark
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