racing the dart last night at are newly reopening of irwindale dragstrip. i had the hood off since it was in for painting. in the final round of the money bracket i was just about to cross the line and HOLY YOU KNOW WHAT i cant see any more. i thought it had split a radiator hose, but what had happened is i pushed out the oring on the filter. there was so much smoke and oil that i could not see where i was on the track. the shut off at that track gets narrow and dark. after pulling over and the saftey crew arived it caught fire from the oil on the headers. it was put out quick and there was no damage. i should have listened to you guys about the choice of filters. it was the napa 1515. a lesson learned in life. its funny that that same filter had about 20 runs prior. i got lots of cleanig to do this weekend as oil is all the way down the leftside of the car, roof door and major mess in the engine compartment.

it's rustproofed for the year.

How much oil pressure did the engine have and was it a standard or high volume pump. I just replaced my high volume pump with a standard volume pump and my oil pressure seems much better now but I will find out for sure tomorrow at the track.

Glad you are OK.
What was final round result?

it's the high volume pump. i do think the standard would work. as the the final round, we agreed to split the winnings with a $20.00 side bet. we were .003 different on r/t's and i did'nt run my number because of the issue.

Way to keep it between the rails....that had to be pretty hairy.

Glad you kept it off the wall, good driving
We saw you disappear in a smoke cloud and thought bad things had happened.

I'm glad you and the car are ok!! Thanks for sharing the heads up about
Napa filters!

Sorry to hear this but it could of definately been worse for sure............good save. How can the rubber gasket let go............I caveman tighten mine to the point where it`s almost metal to metal and never have issues...........

Scary stuff!
Glad you and the car came through it ok.

So what is the recommended oil filter to use now?

well i did'nt have the 5151R, it was just the 1515. it did grow longer. i'm now going to bite the bullet and get the system one and be done with it. the question is if any one out hear has had the similar thing happen and how did your bearings look? i don't want to take apart if ness but will. lets hear if you have any imput. i did drain the oil and theres a lot. it did'nt run dry or even close.

isnt that the same as the WIX filter?

glad your OK. it could have been much worse

Yep that is a WIX filter I ran the plain ol WIXs for a long time with 80+ psi and have never lost 1.

That sucks bud, glad nothing drastic happened like the gaurdrail or total burn down. Good luck in the future

Pics or didn't happen

hey al, yea it did. i've spent hours sruirting palmolive on the car and engine. it came out clean except the felt on the driver window has oil in it that i'm scratching my head in how to clean it since every time the window goes up it transfers oil to the glass.

Sure wasnt by-passing enough oil at the pump check
valve