cjgreenberg - welcom to the site!
Presuming your going to stick to OEM OCIs, there is no significant advantage to running a premium filter or oil; you simply don't get the ROI.
Any decent brand of quality dino oil and a "normal" filter will do your rig right, and it will never know that it wasn't fed the high end stuff.
Search over the UOA data. Review the wear metals. You will not find less wear when using synthetics or premium filters for short-to-moderate OCIs.
It's false presumtion to think that the wear rate is less in these circumstances. Synthetics are fantastic at reducing wear over LONG intervals, compared to dino; but that's not true in lower OCIs. The wear rates are nearly identical up to the point where dino is finally depleted. Only then will the premium oil/filters show an advantage. Don't be fooled by marketing hype and internet mythology. Do the research. I would challenge anyone to show me statistical proof via UOA data or white paper studies that wear in reduced on a equal ratio to the cost of premium products, when looking at OEM OCIs. You'll spend perhaps 3x more money on the oil, 2x more money on the filter, and get little to no wear reduction.
The "heat" you experience is not an issue with a liquid cooled engine, especially with todays well made engines, quality dino lubes, and well made off-the-shelf filters.
Extended OCIs are a different story. Here, premium products clearly can excel well past the "normal" fluids/filters. They are a savings tool to reduce OCI supplemental purchases; they are not mirical workers.
Conceptually, you should expect to get either
1) 3x lower wear for the same short OCI (data proves this), or
2) 3x more duration from the lube/filter
You won't get option 1 to pay out, but you can get the second to pay out IF you push out the OCI far enough.
If you doubt my advice, then why not experiment? Run a few 5k mile OCIs with the PU and Mobil 1 filter; do the UOAs. Then run PYB and a white-can Purolator for a few cycles. See if your wear metals and insolubles are 3x lower. You're spending at least that much to purchse the premium products; you should expect your money's worth! That goes for both the oil and the filters! I think you'll become enlightened.
