[mgarblik]

Yes, I don't know enough about these cars to say if they all were dated. It lines up with other parts dates however.

[sdbob]

I've always used 10w40 in my street car and race car. Street car always had a good filter Delco then Fram HP,LEE,Now NAPA GOLD. The tall one. Yes I've warmed car up. Yes in race car I put RAIV spring. I havent blown filter as of now.
Following your build.i thought I was the only one that had problems with new parts.

[mgarblik]

Originally Posted by sdbob

I've always used 10w40 in my street car and race car. Street car always had a good filter Delco then Fram HP,LEE,Now NAPA GOLD. The tall one. Yes I've warmed car up. Yes in race car I put RAIV spring. I havent blown filter as of now.
Following your build.i thought I was the only one that had problems with new parts.

I have never had an oil filter come off a running engine in my lifetime. My experience would be many thousands of vehicles. Can't say exactly but 50 years and probably 200-300 vehicles a year. Have I seen them leak? Absolutely! Too tight, too loose, double gasket, wrong thread size for application, leaking at crimp, hole from rock or other object, I have seen all that. But a properly installed filter, correct for the car just blowing off, no. I would never say it can't happen, but very rare. I have seen multiple new filters with NO THREADS cut into the plate. So defects are out there. Most spin on's have a burst rating well over 200 PSI. Racing filters generally over 300 PSI. On our funny car nitro engine, with the 70 wt. oil and belt driven oil pump we saw 200-220 PSI on a cold start and warm up. Spin on oil filters. Down track oil pressure 160 PSI + . No canister failures in 10 years. We used WIX racing spin on filters.

[HWYSTR455]

I've run PF24s forever, never blew one off. I had one balloon some, but that was from a bad batch that came from MX (media collapsed). I have like 3 PF24s left, and a box of Wix. Since the PF24s are getting harder to come by, I'm switching over.

I am constantly battling new parts, it never ends. But what can you do? Even a lot of NOS parts are second-run stuff, you run the same risks. We should just be happy I guess, that we actually can GET parts. Was not that easy back in the 'dark ages'.



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[mgarblik]

Spent several hours getting the cardboard headliner backing stripped and ready for new foam backed vinyl. It was a very dirty job. Recommend a full face respirator for this job. Tomorrow plan to test fit the board without the new material installed. This is to to devise a plan to get it in without damage and check the contours of the board. I removed the steering wheel and rear view mirror for better access and room to position the board. Plan to do final install late this week.

[mgarblik]

Spent several hours yesterday cutting, fitting, and gluing the foam backed vinyl headliner material to the OE backer board. We took great care to maintain the shape and curves of the backer board by not applying too much pressure when adhering the material. It is a one shot deal, no second chances. Once that foam touches the adhesive, it's over! I am happy with the results. During the 24 hour drying period, you can see the edges did pucker up where it shrunk a little and pulled tight to the board. Those edges will be trimmed off tomorrow along with the holes being cut for dome light, sun visors, shoulder belts.

[bulletpruf]

Just found this thread; what an awesome find!