[Mk2] [Turbo] Bigger Oil Filter = more power?

[boosch]

Larger filters on standard cars?

There's a school of thought which says that enlarging the oil filter on your car is A Good Thing. Why is this?
The small oil filters fitted to engines these days run with quite a high back pressure, and the bypass valve trips at about 3500rpm. That means that your oil is not being filtered when the engine is spinning faster than 3500rpm. As the oil filter does its job and starts to clog up, that rpm value can be lower.
If you increase the size of the filter, this will raise the rpm at which the bypass valve will switch. With a bigger filter and lower back pressure, for the same rpm (prior to bypass valve operation) less engine power will be lost in the filter. Bigger filter means better filtering and more power at low to mid revs. Clever eh? But there's some things you need to be aware of if you're going to try this approach, all of which are relevant, and none of which I can confirm or deny

taken from...http://www.carbibles.com/engineoil_bible.html

[Dale_V]

LOL

[greglebon]

How VERY dare you, heathens...!!

Look....its from the Engine Oil BIBLE..!!

Therefore, it MUST be true.....!!

[Leakie Tbar]

Oh dear God, Did you get this little gem from saxooc.co.uk

[Bender Unit]

Almost as stupid as people buying £15 TRD oil filters!

[boosch]

Oh dear God, Did you get this little gem from saxooc.co.uk

nah, saxo oc said a bigger filter gives more TORQUE, but LED washer jets gives more POWER!

[simmo490]

what the??? its not just bit of it that speaks crap its the whole lot.

what the hell has RMP got to do with the by pass on the filter housing. as well as the by pass on the housing the filter also has a pressure valve.

what a complete load of balls. the bypass is there to bypass the filter if it is clogged and also to maintain oil pressure (depending on engine)

complete balls

xxxx

[^Trickster^]

Im afraid to inform you that your all wrong.

My engine is totally stock with just a oil filter the size of a dustbin bolted up, its the way forward

Graeme

[daveparf]