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Originally Posted by charlie66
I'm building a stroker 462ci for someone and I'm not sure if I should block off the oil filter housing bypass like HO had in there book back in the day. I always have done it, but over this pasted summer, with my own motor I had my Wix filters clasping one after the other. So, I'm just wondering if anyone else has had this happen to them with or without it blocked off?
Thanks
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Maybe for an all out high RPM race engine but overkill for anything else. Filter media blown loose and pumped through the engine is more concerning with sudden volume of high pressure oil than the random chance of hard debris (metal). Blocked bypass had popularity but never proven to save engines that were on their way to catastrophic demise regardless.