gear

I was watching one of my best motoring videos...they were dicussing the insane load of a motor at high RPM's and what to do when you are prepping your car for racing on the track. One of Spoon's engineers suggested a 'trick' to keep your oil filter from flexing under high load situations. He displayed a picture of the oil filter on the block with a hose clamp (like you would use to secure a rubber hose fitting to a part of an intake tube) wrapped around it. I guess from the way he explained it, the clamp helps the oil filter retain its shape. Comming from a spoon engineer it sounded legit, but to me it just doesnt seem like an oil filter would be under that hard of a load. Any input?

ThsPoq

Heat makes things expand..high rpms..high heat. Thats my assumption

gear

true, but why would that effect anything major if the oil filter swells?

mnchvgs79

Does an engine actually build enough oil pressure to swell a filter? and if it does, so what what would it hurt?

HatefulMechanic

if it is under that much pressure....it is possible that it is flexing (race engines at high rpm=high oil pressure) so it does sound feasable, to make certain that the oil isnt bypassing the media internally.


sounds weird. but if spoon builders do it...it is golden right?

gear

you bet your sweet ass its golden...i guess extra reinforcement never hurt

HatefulMechanic

my ass is big...its not sweet


i guess that is their reasoning. i have seen one instance (not first hand, but close enough) of a filter rupturing, but it was due to a relief valve sticking in the oil pump)

SolarEclipse

hell if theres enough pressure to rupture an oil filter you can pretty much expect to have to replace all the bearings

MerF

Sounds overboard to me, but honestly who the fuck am I?