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| fixer34 |
 Sep 7 2020, 04:16 PM
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Was browsing around looking for something else car related and came across a 'never buy this oil filter' clip. So of course. I watched it. Then watched a second linked one. Both of them came down pretty heavy on the orange FRAM brand. So I go look and sure enough, that's what I put on my -6 a while back.
Guess I figured a name-brand is as good as another. Has anyone had a bad experience with FRAM, or what is a suggested brand/type for the -6. Still running dino oil if that makes a difference. |
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| mb911 |
Sep 8 2020, 05:03 PM
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Napa gold I believe is made by Hastings
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| bbrock |
Sep 8 2020, 05:24 PM
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QUOTE(mb911 @ Sep 8 2020, 05:03 PM)  Napa gold I believe is made by Hastings And I'm thinking Napa Gold is made by Wix. Good filters either way. I also steer clear of K&N. Seems they have the same philosophy with oil as they do air - that somehow flow rate is more important than actually keeping shit out of the engine. |
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| mb911 |
Sep 9 2020, 05:45 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,740 Joined: 2-January 09 From: Burlington wi Member No.: 9,892 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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QUOTE(bbrock @ Sep 8 2020, 03:24 PM) QUOTE(mb911 @ Sep 8 2020, 05:03 PM) Napa gold I believe is made by Hastings And I'm thinking Napa Gold is made by Wix. Good filters either way. I also steer clear of K&N. Seems they have the same philosophy with oil as they do air - that somehow flow rate is more important than actually keeping shit out of the engine. Yes K&N is crap.. Wish I could by a paper element for my webers.. |
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| wndsrfr |
Sep 9 2020, 06:58 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,461 Joined: 30-April 09 From: Rescue, Virginia Member No.: 10,318 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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[quote name='mb911' date='Sep 9 2020, 03:45 AM' post='2849697'
Yes K&N is crap.. Wish I could by a paper element for my webers.. [/quote] Well...you can, sort of...here's a pic of what I did to make up paper filters for my /4 and /6. Takes some research on the WIX filters dimensions pages (https://www.wixfilters.com/Lookup/FilterBySize.aspx) to find the closest height and diameter of the round filters, then squash it to oval. This worked for the /6 on the left and you can see that I added height via some fuel hose glued to the top to get the lid further from the velocity stacks, also had to put in spacers on the uprights to match....  For the /4 I found the closest match on height but had to cut & splice the element to reduce the circumference to fit where the lame K&N was--not elegant, but does the job... |
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| wndsrfr |
Sep 9 2020, 07:05 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,461 Joined: 30-April 09 From: Rescue, Virginia Member No.: 10,318 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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Here's the /4 splice detail....cut the filter then cut back enough to make the wire mesh mate up and overlapped the paper a bit & wired it together. Ugly but works....
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For the -6 webers I did that quite a few years ag... Sep 9 2020, 07:33 PM rgalla9146 Been discussed,
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