Actually Wix and Napa Gold are equal to or superior to those filters for a better price.

And I switched to PP Xw30 (whatever weight it was) at my last oil change, and while I read BITOG and I KNOW it's getting great UOA results, I'm getting increased oil consumption and WAY louder piston slap on startup. Anybody else noticed this?

I liked the GC alot for the LS1. My next oil change will be back to GC or to the Turbo Diesel M1. I have tons of Pennzoil Platinum, and will save it for the daily drivers.

 

I use K&N.

 

Have you seen any proof of them being any good? Or do they suck like the K&N air filters?

 

I've saw a big increase in oil pressure when I went with a K&N oil filter.

My car used to idle a 40psi. Now it is anywhere from 55psi to 60 psi at idle.

 

So it's not good. It's just a restriction. That's bad. Thanks.

 

You want higher oil pressure.

 

Not when it's due to a restriction, bud. And you don't always want higher oil pressure. You want SUFFICIENT oil pressure. Enough is enough. 10psi per 1k rpm is the rule of thumb.

Seriously, just because oil pressure is high doesn't mean you're getting better protection. It could mean you have a restriction. That's like saying the thicker the oil the better it protects. That's just silly.

 

The Wix and Napa Gold are proven filters.

Read this. It's a little old, but the info is still pertinent.
http://people.msoe.edu/~yoderw/oilfi...lterstudy.html

 

I know you dont want oil pressure that is through the roof!!!!!

If 10psi per 1k rpm is the rule of thumb, why do people get ported and shimmed oil pumps to raise their oil pressure?

 

If an oil increases your oil pressure don't use it. Let's think about this one, oil pressure is RESISTANCE to flow. If an oil flows worse than another why in the heck would you think it was superior? And if your filter increases your oil pressure over what your older clogged filter gave you? That's a big *** problem with that new filter.

 

The older clogged filter was a shitty cardboard FRAM.

 

Yet it still outflowed the K&N

 

Because people on the internet will buy just about anything if the advertising is effective. I have one, but mostly because it's just as cheap as a stock one. It's like this: that's fine. It raises it a little bit by increasing pump output. Not by adding a restriction. That's a HUGE difference. Do you want your heart to pump well, or do you view a cerebral stroke as just as good?

 

Or maybe it was old shitty thin oil that needed to be changed.

 

So now a thin oil doesn't protect? Jeez. This is getting good.

 

I've not heard one person complain about K&N filters on this forum.

But you are right about the WIX, everyone raves about them too.

The thing I dont get is how you know for sure 100% that the increased pressure is from restriction?

Did you even take the brand new oil into consideration?

 

You are a little smartass today, im not trying to fight with you.

Im just asking a question.

Thin oil will be less "restrictive" causeing lower oil pressure correct?

 

Maybe it's because (I quote YOU)

 

I used brand new thicker oil with the oil filter change!!!!!!!!

 

Not trying to smart off (and definitely not little). I just don't get where you're going. Your posts imply that thick, slow-flowing oil is going to protect better than oil that flows well and gets back into where it needs to be quickly, especially after being flung off. I disagree. I think thin oil that flows well takes less pressure to be pumped around and will get to where it needs to be. BUT I think there's a happy medium in all this.

And you're the one that said going to a K&N filter gave you increased oil pressure, as if that's a good thing.