sorry should have been fl1a,my bad

Ford FL1A,NAPA Gold 1515 and Wix(I don't know the number) are all the same filter and are the best.

 

Paul,

Boonville,MO

Never, ever, ever use a Group 7 cheapo oil filter, When I was a Ford Service manager, we got a bulletin that if a customer had engine problems and a group 7 filter was on it we could void the warranty!

 I'm on a Lowwwww Budget

When I was in Europe, the Fiat given to me to use had a screen!  What the... where's the filter?  VW's had screens, too.  So did a host of others.

Most of our oil gets bypassed by the filter, hopefully until the next time around (maybe).  All the junk in your oil pan passes through a gross pickup screen, then to your oil pump rotors BEFORE it gets to the filter.

Real race cars use TWO oil filters to ensure most of the oil really gets filtered.

Bottom line is, the REAL filtration comes when you dump the old oil, and replace it with fresh, particularly if you do it at regular 3,000 mile intervals.  Guys who extend their oil changes need to be much more concerned over the best filter they can find.

Royal Oak, Michigan (Four miles north of Detroit, and 12 miles NORTH of Windsor, Canada).  That's right, we're north of Canada.

Ford 292 Y-Block major overhaul by simplyconnected

My filter choices I use is K&N and Purolator. I heard that Fram such exam> PH8A can have a tendency to starve an engine for oil because of the paper type filtering system dosen't let enough oil thru especially in high performance applications.

-Gary Burnette-

dinosaur

don't you mean "knize" instead of "kinze"? that may be why some are having trouble reading it...try using your link - I could not.

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

I believe this is your link:

http://minimopar.knizefamily.net/oilfilters/index.html

Royal Oak, Michigan (Four miles north of Detroit, and 12 miles NORTH of Windsor, Canada).  That's right, we're north of Canada.

Ford 292 Y-Block major overhaul by simplyconnected

Yep, the flow restrictions from fram was what some of the engine building shops talked about in this part of the country where nascar is popular. I do remember reading this thread or one like it in the past as well, and it's good to continue bringing it up once in a while for new people coming to the site and for the other Great information it has. 

-Gary Burnette-

Whats the Reader Digest version? I know NAPA are Wix and Motorcraft are good .. I don't need to know much else .. I really don't need to know the history of oil filters .. Just the bottom line, what's good, what's bad .. I basically get the gist of the whole thing.

Doing Fords for 45 years. '56 Customline Victoria

E.J. in Havana FL

Simple answer WIX. I just had a cam failure as in 'FLAT' with a broken lifter. The filter was full of particles, it caught it all. That's why you use the the best. Use the premium WIX 51515. I bet my engine on them.



Jim



PS: I'm an old Purolator Filter salesman and I still use WIX.

  Jim Rowe Elkhorn, NE