Fram Oil Filters......

How many people on here use Fram Oil Filters??

If you do here is a thread off of another forum I am on. It might make you think twice bout using Fram again.

http://forums.racingjunk.com/viewtopic.php?t=7762&start=0

http://forums.racingjunk.com/viewtopic.php?t=9763&highlight=fram

I am not trying cuz a fight or anything but just wanted fellow Ford guys to know bout this.

I use HP4's on my boat, so far so good with them. Of course, FL-1HP's are what goes on the car.

Wix on everything else.

Greg

I switched over to Wix a while ago. Fram has a factory in our town making oil filters and they were going to close it and ship it to Mexico so I switched. Now they decided to stay but I still don't think they are a very high quality piece.

Bill

Yeah reading what I read in those threads on that forum opened my eyes to how poorly they perform.

did you know there is only a few oil filter companys , Champion being one of the largest ones . Champion has their own name filters and just might make the one you use

The Fram "HP" filters are OK to use; the regular Fram oil filters are to restrictive for performance or higher RPM usage because the filtering element is to fine to have good free oil flow.

Use a dual remote with one Fram regular filter parallel with a racing filter and get all the trash.

I had a Fram blow out on my ride while ideling cold in my garage. It split around the seam where the top threaded part is fitted to the outer side jacket. Cold oil psi was 90psi with VR1 50 weight. The motor runs 40psi hot, 75psi cruise/WOT. I swapped over to K&N which is a far stronger piece you can tell just by looking at it and holding it. No more issues. Thank God it happened on the garage floor and not during a pass.

I usually use the Motorcraft HP-1, but I put a Jomar on this year and the oil still looks clean, with just a little darkness after 66 passes... Last year with the HP-1's I had to change the oil mid season due to the oil lookin' so dirty... This winter i'm stockin' up on Jomar...






Doug...

I used to use Fram filters pretty much exclusively, until I blew one up at 85 PSI, I figured it was just a "fluke" - until I tried to put on the replacement filter - the center hole wasn't even threaded! Where the hell is the quality control?? I use nothing but Jomar filters on my cars now, got a great deal on a case of them at the 2008 Big Block Bash - should last me a while!

Wayne (SAWDOFF) Pearce

Had a oil filter seal fail on one filter ever, it was a fram. Never had a problem with wix or jomar.
Of course this was all sbf stuff. Have not bought a BBF yet.

Matt

do the jomars have a by-pass in them?

No .

any opinions on wix racing filters

I'm using a WIX racing filter, its the large deal for a remote mount. This filter has been on the motor since last fall when i changed the oil along with the filter for the winter storage. Have just changed the oil once this season, so much for those every weekend oil changes with alky everyone complains about.

Damn good filter, if i was gonna run a std type I'd go with a Jomar, we'll be getting some for our 306 when we start racing.

I have heard nothign but good things about WIX.

Jomar for me

I use Wix filters but at the BBF Bash I picked up a few Jomar filters. Like 'em both.

i used to use fram and three sets of bearings later im gonna try a wix

I've cut every WIX filter open on all my motors and all have been very well made..........lots of filter area, construction etc.

Is anyone using magnets in some form, like they used to in auto trans??

FYI, had a friend from Toledo loose a Fram on his SG Fairlane in the lights years ago.
What a bad one it was. Had to cut him out of the damn car. Wasnt hurt, but if it had caught fire.....
al

people actually use fram filters???
i thought they all had holes drilled in the top of them to hold pens at the auto parts store.