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Originally Posted by Tom Vaught
I worked for Truck Operations at one point and was able to do the Baja Races in Mexico for a while. The race is typically a couple of days of racing in a "loop" race and longer in a race from Ensenada, BC to La Paz, BC (4 Days+ if you break)
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Ever heard of these guys/ They are the "Official Filter Manufacturer" (reuseable) for the SCORE races. http://gopurepower.com/offroad/
Competitors for the Franz Filter?
Tom V. |
Frantz has been in the by pass oil filter business since the 50s so doubting there is much that your example has over them. Since you mention the SCORE off road races this is one arena that the 60s-70s VW racers weren't able to finish the races due to the motor oil becoming contaminated due to the VW factory design of only a screen on the oil sump unable to mechanically remove any fine particulate. After the VW racers switched to the Frantz filters their engine longevity increased greatly. In the off road arena the Frantz filter is already proven and passed with flying colors.
I am no longer actively selling Frantz filters, so other than the fact I have them on my own vehicles, I have no dog in the fight. Just trying to get people to see there is no better way to protect their large investment in their engines than a filter that has the ability to remove 1 micron particulate compared to most all oil filters that can't filter less than 40 microns because they're installed on the pressure side of the pump and have to allow all the internals to be lubricated by sufficient oil, be it clean or dirty oil.
Someone would just say if the factory designed filter media had smaller pores it could do the same thing that a by pass filter does. Not true, due to the way the filter is installed on the pressure supply side of the pump in a high demand or restricted media situation, it has to bypass oil through the bypass valve without filtering it. A severely compromised design that many times tries to balance filtering oil with having to open the bypass valve. Making the pores in the media smaller only serves to keep the bypass valve open more.
Having the by pass designed oil filter only filtering oil that is not going to internal engine parts lets it filter 100% of the oil that enters it to a exceedingly excellent quality and just return it to the oil pan filtered 40 times better than a conventional oil filter is able to. It extends the oil life many, many times over the recommended 3-5,000 miles. That saves you time and money and extends the engines longevity because the oil doesn't get progressively dirtier the longer it's in the engine. From the minute you start the engine it is always being filtered to the same standard, 1 micron. There is no bypass valve so 100% of the oil is filtered to 1 micron, 100% of the time. It goes in clean and comes out just as clean.
Extend oil life, engine life, and save money and time.
There is no downside to using a superior oil filter system, I wish I would have switched to one many years ago.