[s-cars] Champion Racing RS6: Speaking of Fram Filters...

[JShadzi at aol.com]

The filter appeared to be exactly what you'd get over the counter, plus companys like Fram don't usually tend to make different products with the same exact part #, of course I can't say exactly for sure, but there is no reason to think any different.

Some of the failures of Fram filters I've heard of dealt with internal failure of the element, not just "less than ideal" filtering, that the filter failed in a fundamental way causing debris and pressure loss inside the motor.

Of course, most cars out there are running Fram filters as well, so sponsorship may have something to do with it.

Javad

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>What are the odds that the innards of the "Kragen Style Fram PH2870" in that race car were the same as a "Kragen Style Fram PH2870" that one of us mere mortals can buy?
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>Also, with race engines that get rebuilt more often than most of us do oil changes, how important is an oil filter anyway?
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>Cheers,
>Keith
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>Keith Maddock, TRW Automotive,  Koblenz, Germany
>Slip Control Systems, Systems Design, Traction Control
>+49 (0)261/ 895 2474    -   -   keith.maddock at trw.com
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>>>> "Trevor Frank" <tfrank at symyx.com> 18:15:10 29.07.2003 >>>
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>Sponsorship.
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>Well, wonders never cease, today while pawing under the hood of a N.
>American
>Audi Sport/Champion Racing RS6, sure enough, there it was, your over the
>counter Kragen Style Fram PH2870, sitting as orange as can be.  Even had
>the high
>performance "grip top" cannister...make your own conclusions.
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>Javad
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