ST3600 cut open

[Filter guy]

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Originally posted by MikeR:
When I changed my oil this weekend, the new ST3600 was a remarkably different filter than the old ST3600 I took off the truck. The filter was physically smaller, the steel used in the canister seemed thinner, and the filter was MUCH lighter.

Is this the new ECORE design? It'll be my last ST filter unless results on this board lead me otherwise. To be fair, it does feel like a $2 filter now.

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That was the new e-core design. The metal can "thickness" is the same as it was with their old design. It will withstand in excess of 150PSI before it bursts.

What made the filter lighter is there is no metal end caps and center tube as part of the element design. Along with a slightly shorter can.