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Thought it might be time to say thank you to everyone who took the time to read the thread and to think about what happened to our motor, asked some questions and offered some suggestions. We've probably accomplished our mission here. As it was mentioned earlier, things have been pretty well...

A few more observations on the filter and a reply to some comments. The filter media appears to be quite durable. There were no tears found. It just appears to have gotten pushed through the wall of the Ecore and into the outlet, which apparently reduced the flow of oil, which led to the...

We'll work on getting a few pics of the rest of the filter posted so everyone can get a look at it. It's not something you see everyday, or want to see in your drain pan. We were also very careful in putting the motor back together. The block was washed, honed, and washed again. All the...

Thanks SXG6 for helping out with the pics. Here's the Ecore from the failed filter. Nearly every intersection of the plastic grid is cracked or broken. Some small parts are missing. We never found them. The filter media was completely intact. No tears or rips, just partially extruded through...

We agree with XS650. Had the bypass been functional, none of this would have ever happened. Until we took the motor apart this time, we never paid too much attention to the bypass. I'll be honest and admit that it's probably one aspect of the motor where we were a little under-educated. We...

Wow Gary! That's awesome. I'm not sure I understand all of it, but there's some thought being applied there. I'd like to take a stab at asnwering FG's question on explaining how the filter was the culprit. I'll throw it out there and you guys are gonna fillet it anyhow, but I'll risk the...

Missed one of FG's points. We do drop the pan on occassion to check things out. We have the oil pan mounted on studs and we use a nifty one piece reuseable gasket. It's an easy thing to do. We check the rod caps, the oil pump and drive shaft and the strainer along with the bottom of the pan. As...

There's a couple points we'll need to clarify to keep this thread straight. First point. The question about the blocked bypass. I've asked a local engine builder and his comment was " they want all the oil to go through the filter." Apparently, in a hi perf application, this strategy prevents...

We see there's a couple of questions out there that we'll try to grab and tackle. No, we haven't had any direct conversations with Wix about their filters, just basing the decision to use them on the specs, comments made by others and a good old firsthand eyeball inspection. These babies are...

G-Man II – Thanks for bringing up that important point. We needed to make a few decisions with the motor. Either we’re going to treat it as a street rod motor, or a racing motor. Here’s our point of reference from where we made our decisions. Late last year we decided to completely disassemble...

After reading everyones comments and suggestions, we have a few more questions. We see a lot of discussion relative to pressure, but in trying to understand why the Ecore collapsed, what about the pump's output volume? Were we pumping a greater volume of oil at the 50-60psi that caused the...

Just an update. We've made the request to the claims management folks to have our oil filter returned to us. Should maybe expect to see it back within the week. Our plans are to cut it open if it isn't already and inspect it, take a couple pics and post them for everyone else to see. It's...

As promised, the service report from Champ. Complaint: Reportedly the filter collapsed during service. Major engine damage was reported. Test Results: 1. The nylon core is broken and media has collapsed inward. Previous lab testing indicates a differential pressure in excess of 70 psi required...

I called and asked to have it checked out. They said it's blocked and that was typical for a big block Chev. They said the oil pump has a relief in it. Does that help explain anything?

Turbo Jim, that's a good point, but do you think it would have spit the rubber gasket out before blowing the seam between the header and the can? I didn't see any evidence of the gasket leaking on this filter prior to removing it, so it held the pressure. I have however, see a few Frams that...

GM oil pump p/n 88963707 Not sure if it's a high volume unit or not. Generally puts out 50-60lbs of pressure at the gauge, but don't have a measure on GPM. A car buddy of mine is suggesting a Wix brand oil filter. He's had excellent results, he claims, with a similar size motor. I know he's...

At this point in the discussion, after viewing the photos so kindly posted for me by sxg6, and after all very informative dissertations on the physics of pressurized lubrication systems, is anyone feeling comfortable with me screwing an Ecore design oil filter onto my 9+ liter V8 pride and joy...

Here's what we started with for instructions with the motor. The only difference was 3 years ago they had a PF1218 on it. Now they changed it to a PF35L. (We just noticed that) http://www.crateenginedepot.com/572startupinst.html Does anyone think we experienced something that Champ might not...

We certainly appreciate everyone putting some thought into went went wrong with our filter. You've got us thinking a bit more about it and we stepped through some of the things we did that day. We warmed the car up to about 180 before heading out, but that was the water temp, and not the oil...

We see there's are a couple of questions regarding the motor and the oil that we're using that we should have included in the information reported early on in the thread. We weren't sure it was entirely relevant, but apparently it might be. Sorry, but we thought we were getting a bit long winded...