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Old 03-09-2016, 09:04 AM
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Some of the racing oil filters flow very well but don't have adequate filtration. You may want to check this for the FL1A Racing. I Googled this filter and found it has 250 in^2 media area (you should probably confirm this). If that's true, then the filtration must be coarse to achieve a high enough flow rate for a racing filter. This is the case with the Wix 51515R (61 micron nominal filtration, which in my view is not acceptable for a street car). Wix recommends their racing filters not be used on the street.

Quality-wise, I understand the best filters on the market are Wix and Baldwin. For your application, the filters would be the Wix 51515 (not the R) and the Baldwin B-253. Both are good. I looked into these (and others) awhile ago and found the following specs:

Wix 51515

- 349 in^2 media area
- 8-11 psi bypass valve
- anti-drainback valve
- 21 micron nominal filtration
- 7-9 GPM max flow
- Burst is 290 PSI

Baldwin B253

- 490 in^2 media area
- 20 psi bypass valve
- anti-drainback valve, standpipe
- 18 micron nominal filtration (50% eff), 40 micron absolute (98.7% efficiency)
- Burst 600 psi
- Flow 12 GPM at 5 PSI. 8 GPM 4.1 PSI. 18 GPM at 14.8 PSI

Spec-wise, the Baldwin is superior. The Baldwin has more filter media than the Wix, so it both flows better and filters better. The Baldwin is about $15 vs $6 for the Wix, but I think it's worth it. You can order them at Grainger and they'll have it in a day or two. BTW, they spec that filter for Ferarris, FWIW.

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