Oil Filters

[427sharpe]

And theres the rub! So many of us put 'race parts' on street cars thinking its an upgrade, but not thinking that race motors have a much more limited life between rebuilds!

[DAVID GAGNARD]

Originally Posted by 427sharpe

And theres the rub! So many of us put 'race parts' on street cars thinking its an upgrade, but not thinking that race motors have a much more limited life between rebuilds!

Zacctly, high volume/high pressure oil pumps and fuel pumps and under-drive pulley sets and other "race" parts are designed for dedicated race engines with certain rpm ranges and bearing clearances, they are not designed nor suited for street cars...In some instances, they do more harm than good!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NASCAR enignes are rebuilt after every race,road race engines are rebuilt after as little as 30 hours of run time, I stretch mine to 50 hours. There are many things on my road race motor I would never put on my street motor..........

David

[McD00]

Originally Posted by 427sharpe

And theres the rub! So many of us put 'race parts' on street cars thinking its an upgrade, but not thinking that race motors have a much more limited life between rebuilds!

I hear ya' 427Sharpe. I have an old friend from my SCOF days that had an issue with Bilstein race shocks. The thinking was that if it were race shocks, they would make his car go alot faster. Fortunately for him, his shocks would fracture and/or break while being trailered to races or cobra events. He's lucky it never happened while going 80+ mph on a road course.

Just go with the Fram, AC Delco, or Mobil filters for me. They've worked this long for Christ sakes, why switch now? Beside my Corvette manual specifically calls out for AC Delco filters, as I doubt they would recommend it under warranty otherwise.

McD00/ Long live the Cobra