wow why are people dicks to new people on this forum? The guy is asking honest questions and all you say is search? You can inform him that he can search for more answers but atleast give him an answer too. If you said search on my other car forum and treated new people like **** then you would be banned for one day.

Anyways, i have a k & N drop in panel filter. Works good. I don't think the money spent on an intake is worth it.

As far as oil goes, i use a 5w-20 synthetic blend. Seems to be working ok. I just use a pennzoil oil filter because is free from work.

 

On this forum, when you tell the OGs what to do you get a ban for life. PS: He literally made a new thread for every sticky we have on this forum so please know wtf you are talking about. Thanks.

 

I drive mine normally, thank you.

 

you may drive it normally but to take the chance under normal driving for it to collapse , dont think so not on my engine. Just giving my history with fram to the OP

 

Another stupid senseless thread from the OP. Stock oil filter, stock air filter ... if you use anything else you're wasting money

 

Mobil 1 m1-110 Its the bigger oil filter for our 8. I would use k&n drop in air filter. I've been using them since the 90s

 

WIX oil filter 51365 no one can touch it. 10 micron filtering on a glass filter. Filters more faster than any other filter. Next closes competitor is 20 microns.

 

My point is, the thread is made. Posting useless **** to him doesn't make this thread better. If you just put information that is helpful then next time someone searches more helpful threads show up. Not threads that say "search". See my point?

I'm not saying the thread was right for being made, just don't make it even more useless.

 

No I don't. My point is the thread can be unmade. If there were only 10 threads on the subject to read/sift through it would be easier and more efficient than 1000.

 

This thread would be much better if it were not cluttered with "Search" posts.

Ken

 

This thread would be better if it were not looking for opinions, but instead facts. This thread would be better had it been aborted.

 

By now every fact about the RX-8 has been posted. All that's left is opinions. And conversation.

If you think the OP was out of line, then a complaint should be filed with a moderator.

Ken

 

Agreed in regards to this topic. He said he has read 3 threads about this. Why not post it in one of those?

 

Ive never used it, no one has it locally so ill try to order one and try it out and then slice it.

Edit: Searching around found out that napa sells them. Ill check tomorrow.

DocBeech do you know if they have a bigger one for our 8? like the mobil 1 has model M1-110 that fits our 8

 

Also docbeech saw your post here about the Wix filter.
Good stuff you posted.
https://www.rx8club.com/showpost.php...0&postcount=24

OP there are lots of great info on this forum. Take some time and search. Or PM me ill point you to the right direction. Im always searching and surfing this forum.

 

Really we have no need for a larger oil filter. Especially since we are burning oil in the first place. In regard to the less opnion and more fact here are your facts.

WIX 51365 faster oil flow, 10 micron filtering (highest out of any company), tried and true in the racing community. These guys are responsible for protecting nascar engines, nhra engines, racing boat engines and so forth.

K&N has 25 micron and some 20 micron filtering. Filters at a decent rate but if its a daily driver is no better for you than stock. It is easier get off if your one of those people who feel the need to super tighten a filter. Which is not necessary.

Stock filters are paper just like k&n. They filter at about the same rate and will do you just as good. They cost about the same as well, I think if you buy in bulk stock filters are a dollar cheaper a piece. A lot of places sell them in packs of 4.

Fram filters these days filter in the 25 micron range. Again just as good as stock, but fram was known for leaving out anti back flow valves. They don't do this anymore and in recent lab testing they are just as good as stock. A bit cheaper and the filters don't hold up as well under heavy pressure but if your daily driving and take it fairly easy it wont hurt you.

Mobile one. These are good filters, and highly rated. For good reason. They filter just under 20 microns. At 18-19. So that does technically make them better for stock. These are also better for people with TC or SC engines. They can take 5 times the oil psi than a stock filter. The WIX ones can take a serious beating as well. So if your Forced Induction the WIX or the Mobile one should be your options. Mobile one however uses a hybrid filter which causes it to filter slower. Slow enough it showed during lab testing. The other draw back is that its slower than the glass wix filter.

As far as the WIX filter having a larger model that fits I don't know. I called the WIX R&D department when I was doing my research some time back and the engineer told me it was pointless. They said you don't need a larger filter since the flow rate on the racing filter is already fast being it uses glass. Now with mobile one that might be the case because you have a slower filter.

In the end the choice is really up to you. As long as you stay with major big name brands you should be fine. If your not doing anything special, never hitting the track, and running standard oils save your money. Just have the dealer sell you your oil and filter, and put it in. That saves you from having to find receipts when your engine wears out and its time for a new one. You wont have to dig and scrounge for receipts to prove you did your oil changes.

 

^thanks for great info. Going to napa today to find one.

and OP Castrol gtx 5w30 is just fine if you are going to ask that question lol
Read this
https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-tech-garage-22/gas-oil-premix-thread-99636/

 

Fuz, thanks. Also, it looks like everyone can agree that the stock air filters are very well made, so it looks like im going to stick with that. I was just looking under the hood and these cars are no joke. Looks like they used some real quality parts, and my car is completely stock. oil filters probably wont matter, but air filters i am definately going with the stock one. As far as searches go, KEN-X8, you hit the nail on the head. It is really tough and quite random. most of the threads are ragging on one kind of filter with nothing really beyond that. Still a great site and great info.

 

I use wix for both air and oil filters. Search on youtube and you will find a few videos of guys cutting apart different filters and giving their opinions.

 

Exactly. The the thread was made, so deal with it. Posting search and a bunch of wise *** remarks isn't going to make the thread better. On my other forum you would have been banned for sayin g search and not being of any help. Doc beech, nice post. Thats the kind of stuff every thread needs. If every thread had some useful info then searching would be easier.

 

If you will please notice I put the answer to all his questions in post 4. We are now sitting at 46 posts. There has been one post of any use in that 40 post span. Thank you DocBeech

edit: Yes I love to play State the Obvious

 

well instead of post 4 and giving him a hard time, how about post 1 next time?

 

You want me to start the thread?

 

^ lol your doing the same thing. Oh wait me too. But we get a bunch of these threads weekly or even daily.