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Boogieman142 · **oil filters**

Ok, i am going to use the fram designations, this does not mean that i use fram, i only use wix. I have heard of people using the ph8a vs the stock ph16, is this better for the engine/will it keepoil in the pan?

DKKNE · 03-15-2006, 08:00 AM

I have often wondered the same thing. The PH8 is a .5 quart filter where the PH16 is the .25 quart one.. right?
I don't use fram either.. I have found that the supertech2000 filters from walmart rated #1 with WIX almost tied with it. Fram placed 2nd to last in filtration and flow.

93sundance · 03-15-2006, 08:56 AM

I been using NAPA spinflow.

Tim_K · 03-15-2006, 11:19 AM

I used to use Fram PH8A's on my Slant Sixes and Mopar V-8's, but after reading and printing out a report on oil filters a couple years ago (I still have it), I switched to Purolator Premium Plus filters in all my engines and picked up 2-3 psi oil pressure. They seem to filter pretty good too.

Haven't bought a Fram in about 3-4 years now.

dodge78 · 03-15-2006, 12:42 PM

Was this the report?

http://minimopar.knizefamily.net/oilfilterstudy.html

Ondonti · 03-15-2006, 01:03 PM

are you guys talking about the mustang 5.0 filter as an upgrade though?

I would like to use a bigger filter on my fun motor.

Boogieman142 · 03-15-2006, 01:07 PM

it is used on the 5.0, the ph 16 is a .5 qt filter btw. Has anyone used it and what werethe gains/losses

Boogieman142 · 03-15-2006, 01:38 PM

ok i just cecked it out, the 5.0 vin d uses the same filter as we do factory, the 5.0 vin t used the 8a. the vin t is the "ho" version. The spec for overall capacity is 5 qts for both so maybee is doesn't hold any more than the 16 does.

jdawg · 03-15-2006, 01:46 PM

the 3.0 has the same threads and base as a 2.2/2.5/ford 5.0 and every engine that dodge has ever made. They ALL have the same threads, just use different sizes of filters

Tim_K · 03-15-2006, 01:49 PM

That was the report.

When I took the balance shafts out of my old 1989 2.5 Turbo engine, with a Purolator 10241 filter (a small one, larger diameter ones would hit the alternator) it would hold 6 quarts of oil.

Boogieman142 · 03-15-2006, 01:58 PM

so then what would be a better filter to use.

jdawg · 03-15-2006, 02:03 PM

I stick mopar on mine cause i work at a dealership

Boogieman142 · 03-15-2006, 02:29 PM

i mean like which model filter.

jdawg · 03-15-2006, 02:31 PM

I use 5281090 which is just a little fatter around then the factory filter

Boogieman142 · 03-15-2006, 02:43 PM

what engine is that off of