Return-Path: Received: from fed1rmmtao10.cox.net ([68.230.241.29] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.8) with ESMTP id 657789 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 03 Feb 2005 16:26:21 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.230.241.29; envelope-from=dale.r@cox.net Received: from smtp.west.cox.net ([172.18.180.51]) by fed1rmmtao10.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.00 201-2131-117-20041022) with SMTP id <20050203212550.MVC6409.fed1rmmtao10.cox.net@smtp.west.cox.net> for ; Thu, 3 Feb 2005 16:25:50 -0500 X-Mailer: Openwave WebEngine, version 2.8.15 (webedge20-101-1103-20040528) From: Dale Rogers To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Oil Filters Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 16:25:49 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <20050203212550.MVC6409.fed1rmmtao10.cox.net@smtp.west.cox.net> Hi All, Wasn't there a rather longish thread on oil filters a couple of years ago? Maybe it was somewhere else, but one conclusion was that Fram's standard oil filters were rather inferior: less filter surface, passing larger particles. When I get some time at home again, I'll look in my archives to see if i can find my copies. Dale R. COZY MkIV #1254 > From: "John Slade" > Date: 2005/02/03 Thu AM 11:49:38 EST > To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" > Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Oil Filters > > MessageI guess the real question is what real benefit we get from this extra > size? > > I had the same question about the really really small K&N HP1008 recommended > for the 3rd gen. It's even smaller than the HP1003. I pointed it out to > Tracy when he was done here. He felt it was just fine for the job. > John (throwing out radio shack switches wherever I find them) >