it's freakin huge! perfect fit for the 1NZ tho.

 

How do you clean it? Just rinse the element with gas?

 

carb or brake parts cleaner in a can is what's recommended. i will be doing an oilchange in about 2800 miles lol so i'll let you know

 

kool will it fit the XB? who sells it, where can i buy it?

 

it will fit any engine actually.

www.importperformanceparts.net i believe is the site.

 

hmm a bit pricey. but very interesting. I've seen things like this before. it'd be nice to see filtering specs .

 

 

pricey? yes. you'd buy 20 filters before you bought one of these. 20 filters X3000 miles 60,000 miles.. but when 63,000 miles rolls around, i've got the jump on you, even if i have a different car by then :D

 

typical filtering. is that of typical filters or of the toga filter ?

 

From what it looks like on their site, it is the filtering of their filters.

 

ok what will you do when the seals start to break down over time??? or from the use of brake/carb cleaner? yes brake/carb cleaner breaks down rubber i've used it enough to know........not being a but.......i just wanna know.......

 

it's an o-ring. they're about $.25 each.

 

it's an o-ring. they're about $.25 each.

 

it is a stainless steel filtering element. no bypass valve. 40 micron piece of dirt is pretty large.

It was designed for race applications and may have a useful race application.
But just because it is built for race use does not mean it translates into a good street application. It is built for flow at the comprimise of filtering.

 

it's a good thing i maintain my car then, eh?

 

This is a pointless so called mod (and expensive to boot), On so many technical aspects. however if you like bright shiney things, to each his own.

 

*watches*

 

i'm not a "show" modder but nice try at a jab.

 

There was no jab. It just seems that you don't really know alot about this product other than it is cleanable/reuseable. There are elements for an oil filter in a street driven car that are not found on this really expensive race filter.

A race engine is typically torn down after every race, it makes no sense to use a street filter, the cost would be really high. A race motor demands higher oil flow characteristics, the tradeoff is diminshed filtering.

What does an toyota,fram, purolator, etc.... contain that this TOGA does not? An anti drainback valve which prevents oil from leaving the filter when the motor is turned off, which in the case of the 1nz-fe does not really mean a whole lot. A bypass valve, this will bypass the filter so you still get oil flow in case the filter element gets clogged. That is an important feature for a street driven car to prevent costly engine damage, that really has no purpose on a race motor.


The filtering element is stainless steel vs a street filter which are variations of paper. regular oil filters are Designed for filtration over flow, but they still must meet manufacture flow requirements. All the toga is, is essentailly an oil strainer.

So how does dirt enter the oil? Comubustion chamber blowby, even the best sealing rings are going to let this through. Dirt from the intake tract, this is why throttle bodies get dirty. Engine wear, normal or accelerated. oil varnishing.

Bottom line, with the toga you get an oil strainer that flows and is cleanable, but comes at the expense of filtration, and a bypass valve. and 90.00 for a filter is really expensive.

 

whoa, 90 bucks? kinda pricey