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Originally Posted by 91chevywt
Fram spends more money on advertising than anything...making you believe they are good filters. In reality they have a small amount of filter media as compared to everyone else, and quality control is a big issue. I bought them because they were convienient and I thought they were good, then I started doing some research and found out they are basically the worst filter you can buy. I'm sure they were good in the past, but you know how things go when the wrong guys get in charge...trying to squeeze every penny out of the operation.
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I'd guess that that's it as well. Bean counters cutting the balls off of something that was once great. If you really want to puke regarding that stuff, look up the Melling oil pump debacle.
The important thing to keep in mind is that we are all talking about a performace application. Yeah, the filters aren't great for that (I had a weird minor OP flutter problem in the GP that went away when I went K&N) but they are good for somebody who just needs a filter to keep their low performance 30psi at WOT DD on the road. Not everybody wants to pay for a filter that's overkill for the application.