In OEM applications,
oil filter location and allowable room usually determines the size of the
oil filter more than anything else!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BTW: Im some early 90's Nissan 4x4 trucks with a V-6 engine, it only took 3 quarts of
oil for an oil change including the filter change!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 3 QUARTS TOTAL, that sure doesn't seem like much oil, but I know of a number of them still running around with 200,000+ miles on them...........
David