Originally Posted By: iunderpressure
Over the last two days, I went out and bought a M1, PureOne, SuperTech, and WIX filter. Upon cutting them all open I noticed somethings....
iunderpressure, what filter No. did you compare in your post above?
Just bought the supertech 7317 for dissection: It is NOT an Ecore type.
I did notice that it, along with its M1 sister has significantly less filter material (smaller cartrige) than the equivalent purolator and fram TG filters (all 7317 models).
It appears that the M1-104 (3593a) version has...
I raced mopars for years, mostly wedge engines though.... FWIW, The only time I ever had a problem is when I used Kendall: I lost 2 engines on start up due to rod bearing failure; switched back to Valvoline and never had any further problems. That was around 1980.
IIRC Chrysler's Direct...