Barry,
Here's a site (http://www.scuderiaciriani.com/rx7/oil_filter_study/) I
bookmarked many years ago. It may not answer your question but it makes for
interesting reading.
Bob Danielson
1975 TR6
http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org
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From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Barry Schwartz
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 2:42 PM
To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Oil Filter ramblings-
While changing oil filter in the Spitfire, and about to on the Mustang, I
got to wondering just why there are so many different sizes and shapes for
them - I had to use a Motocraft 300 filter on my 1970 Ford truck with a 289
simply because a Motocraft FL1 was too long for me to use - I can see that
engine size and oil capacity could come into play here, as well as mounting
threads but is there really a need for SO many different ones or is it
simply as in my case, more or less the available room?? I don't think that
the slightly smaller filter (which is about 1 inch shorter) that I used on
the V8 will affect filtering all that much, I just may have to change it
more than the usual 12000 miles (which I do anyway). I would think that
about 8 sizes should realistically cover just about any passenger car engine
but there are obviously a lot more than that. Just one of those rambling
thoughts that go through my head from time to time - anybody got a different
reason other than the above that there may be so many and has anybody
researched what effect if any there is to using a different one than the
manufacturer would recommend?? I've never encountered any problems
-
Barry Schwartz (San Diego)
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