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Good point.  I have one installed between the oil filter mount and spin-on filter.  I had to reconfigure the hoses slightly when I installed the Mocal fluid switch but it wasn't that big a deal - a couple of new hoses and re-route some that I had and done.  Watching the (fantastically detailed and accurate) oil temp gauge, everything seems to be working as planned - It usually runs 180º-ish in the Winter and 200º-ish in the Summer.

I use the NAPA Gold, which have been black for years with gold writing. They used to be white, so must be old inventory.

They are EXACTLY the same as Wix, part numbers are identical sans the first number: 51515 Wix IS a NAPA 1515. Same part, same specs, but available down the street. My local NAPA always has them in stock, but there are a lot of farmers around: old trucks and tractors.

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My local Amazon truck always has the Wix in stock.

Get two, so you'll have one in the garage the next time you need one.

The NAPA one is actually eight bucks more than the Wix.

It may be marked $1.25 less, but - as long as you're at NAPA - you'll grab something else you don't really need on your way out and there goes another ten bucks, bam.

They put all that stock out on display for a reason.

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Stan, That's an awful lot of plumbing! Are the benefits really worth it?

Just wondering

That depends on your definition of "worth it".

The stock oil system is a cruel joke. The relief pistons were actually where I took a good hard look at what the Sainted German Engineers had done - and decided that, while clever, the entire thing was a Rube Goldberg arrangement relying on changes in viscosity to determine temperature, and other equally archaic and backward solutions to straightforward problems. It's what prompted me to head off in many, many other (non-approved) directions.

I like how my setup works. My oil stays really cool (but not too cool). My oil pressure is very, very good - never over 80 psi, never under 20. It's nearly impossible to run out of oil. I can run the car at least 1-1/2" lower than anybody else and still not ever hit my oil sump. I can pre-lube my bearings before start up (I flood the engine with oil for 10 seconds before cranking - my oil pressure is 20+ psi before I ever turn it over). A dry sump picks up a bit of power over one that's whipping up oil.

What I like most is that it fixes a lot of the Mickey Mouse stuff the SGEs baked in the cake back in pre-WW2 Germany.

So... is it worth it? If you're like me - yeah. If you weigh everything on a cost/benefit spreadsheet, probably not.

Yup. It's a standard size but fits most older Ford V8s, perfect for farm country. If a local NAPA didn't have one, they should be shot!

I bought the LN Engineering spin-on adapter for my Cayman. It uses a 1997-2004 Vette filter, so universally available also.

@Sacto Mitch I have done and still do certainly use the Amazon truck on a regular basis, but I also like to buy local if I can.

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