Originally Posted By: heypete
Originally Posted By: mrsilv04
For starters, none of the filters that I mentioned are "5x" the price of a SuperTech, unless SuperTechs are never more than $1.99.
I personally don't pay over $7 for any filter, that's my personal $ threshold. I can buy M1's for $6.99 (or less) on sale (and are regularly priced at $9.99).
I wish I had your prices.
The Mobil 1 filters at the local AutoZone are $12.99, which makes them 5.05 times more expensive than the $2.57 for a SuperTech filter.
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Not all SuperTechs are constructed in this same way, either. Many ST's are e-cores.
Indeed. Does this have some negative effect on long OCIs? My understanding was that ecores are quite durable.
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A silicone ADBV would likely be beneficial for extended intervals, as would be a enhanced grade of filtering media (and more of it). Both are found in the filters I mentioned.
Indeed.
Originally Posted By: steve20
Pete
Do yourself a favor DO NOT cut open a Purolator or Bosch filter.
It will make you think, OMG why did I use ST in the first place.
Why would it make me think that?
Are the Bosch and Purolator filters far superior to SuperTechs? I cut open a used Bosch filter from my friend's 1992 Ford Explorer and it looked pretty standard -- metal end caps, orange ADBV, etc. It was considerably larger in volume than the smaller filters used on my Toyota.
Anyway, thanks to all for their responses.
Ahhh yea.....does a ST have a 99.9% @ 20 micron spec and superior dirt holding capability's?
not with that thin media.
@ Steve20