Hello:
I have a Buick 231 cu. in. (3.8liter) V6 mounted in a Porsche 914. The motor is a performance engine, it has the extended length oil pump gears for higher flow rates, and thus develops as much as 80-90 psi of pressure, generally 60 psi when freeway driving when warmed up (using 10w-30 oil). From what I understand this is about double the presure found in the un-modified stock Buick Regal motor
I recently did an oil change and found my Fram TG3387A filter has a crushed internal media. The filter was no longer filtering! This is the recommended filter for a stock Buick Regal.
At anyrate I want to get an uprated filter. I have room for a larger filter also, since the motor is in my 914, there is no clearnace issue.
I have the M18 x 1.5 metric threads on the filter adaptor.
I have done a bunch of searching for a good filter and have come up with the following possibilities....
WIX brand 51036XP which is supposed to have a wire backed synthetic media.
K and N brand HP 2001, which has a "premium media" what ever that means.
FRAM Extend Guard (Ultra) XG 3980 which has a sythetic media.
I figure any of these three will work better than the crushed Fram TG 3387A which I removed.
All of these suggested filters are a couple inches longer than the one I removed, but they will fit, they all have anti-drain back valves, and have no bypass (my motor has a bypass built in). Since my filter media was found to be crushed, I pulled the bypass spring and piston on the motor to confirm they are correct and the piston moves freely.
Of these three, Is one superior than the others? Is one inferior?
Or does someone have a better suggestion?
I was tending towards the K and N, but then I read that the filtertion is average on this filter. The Wix got me interested with the wire backed sythetic media claim. Although I an not at all happy with the Fram Toughguard I removed, the Fram Extend Guard Ultra is supposed to be an improvement over it, and has synthetic media.
Your thoughts on my three choices?
Thank You!
I have a Buick 231 cu. in. (3.8liter) V6 mounted in a Porsche 914. The motor is a performance engine, it has the extended length oil pump gears for higher flow rates, and thus develops as much as 80-90 psi of pressure, generally 60 psi when freeway driving when warmed up (using 10w-30 oil). From what I understand this is about double the presure found in the un-modified stock Buick Regal motor
I recently did an oil change and found my Fram TG3387A filter has a crushed internal media. The filter was no longer filtering! This is the recommended filter for a stock Buick Regal.
At anyrate I want to get an uprated filter. I have room for a larger filter also, since the motor is in my 914, there is no clearnace issue.
I have the M18 x 1.5 metric threads on the filter adaptor.
I have done a bunch of searching for a good filter and have come up with the following possibilities....
WIX brand 51036XP which is supposed to have a wire backed synthetic media.
K and N brand HP 2001, which has a "premium media" what ever that means.
FRAM Extend Guard (Ultra) XG 3980 which has a sythetic media.
I figure any of these three will work better than the crushed Fram TG 3387A which I removed.
All of these suggested filters are a couple inches longer than the one I removed, but they will fit, they all have anti-drain back valves, and have no bypass (my motor has a bypass built in). Since my filter media was found to be crushed, I pulled the bypass spring and piston on the motor to confirm they are correct and the piston moves freely.
Of these three, Is one superior than the others? Is one inferior?
Or does someone have a better suggestion?
I was tending towards the K and N, but then I read that the filtertion is average on this filter. The Wix got me interested with the wire backed sythetic media claim. Although I an not at all happy with the Fram Toughguard I removed, the Fram Extend Guard Ultra is supposed to be an improvement over it, and has synthetic media.
Your thoughts on my three choices?
Thank You!