I just received my American Bagger magazine yesterday and it had an article on K&P Engineering performance oil filters.
It's a high flow, stainless steel screen type, small particulate, cleanable and reusable oil filter.
K&P touts no filter bypass when cold, better flow rate and improved hp & tq.
Scott Performance looks like they make one too.

Here are the two links:
http://www.kandpengineering.com/
http://www.scottsperformance.com/pro...php?PartType=3

Is anyone using one of these or something similar? Also any opinions on using something like this?

 

I will stick with proven HD or K&N filters, thay are 10 micron.

 

On their website states it's a 35 micron filter but they claim smaller particulate than all paper oil filters. Not sure if that's an independent test or theirs. These type of filters are usually are race only types.

 

I use amsoil filter 98.7% @ 15 microns..

 

Doing a quick search, you may be using one of the best filters available, the percentage of particle removal being one of the highest. I've talked myself out of these "high performance screen type filters". They are best left to the racing community.

 

I'm a Amsoil dealer and I use the K&N cause its a good filter and I like the Nut on the end that makes it nice to put on and take off.

I'm only interested in the large pieces of metal for the filter to filter out. Yer gonna have a certain amout of metal in yer oil. Look on the magnet when you drain yer oil.
Its normal.

 

how does a friggin filter increase horsepower and torque? That's like saying a spark plug is gonna give you better fuel mileage.

 

The only way I can imagine it increasing hp and tq is by allowing more oil to flow, thereby keeping the engine cooler. But, that could be misleading depending on climate/ambient temps, duration of ride, and just how hard you push your machine. When the oil in the tank raises in temps yer not cooling as efficiently any longer. Perhaps with an oil cooler of some sort it may be more stable.

I've worked on combustable engines my entire life and I like to have minute particles filtered to keep engine wear to a minimum by using good filters and changing oil frequently. I'd rather have my bike last a long while between rebuilds. Racing bikes are rebuilt almost after each race, so engine wear isn't as great a concern as long as the parts stay where they belong.

As for the spark plugs increasing fuel mileage, it probably would be better to say better fuel 'efficiency'. Hotter plugs give better combustion, to a point.

 

That's what I thought someone would say. So how much power is gained from using a $150 oil filter? 1/100th of a horsepower? LOL

 

$149 for the cheapest? HD Filter at $15. 5K service intervals. You would have to do over 50,000 miles after buying one before it started to pay for itself. Probably trade my bike in before that many more miles are added to the bike.

Increase in power and torque? Kinda like all the different golf clubs/drivers ***** and instruction video/DVDs I have bought guaranteeing to take off at least 2 to 3 strokes. I should be shooting a 54 for 18 holes now...