This is a damn shame. :mad:
I built that engine in Tom's Monte Carlo. Nothing but the best quality parts were used.
To loose it all over a piece of crap oil filter is heart breaking. :(
I use nothing but K&N or Wix (Napa Gold) oil filters. I use K&N exclusively on cars with headers...the 1" nut on the end of those filters makes removal easy.

I agree 100% with you.

Ditto on the K&N oil filter with the nut welded to the bottom. I have no problem spending $12 on an oil filter instead of $3 if it will do its job. With some of the crap on the market these days you'd probably be better off with a metal screen. Baldwin filters are made mostly for hydraulic systems and big trucks but I ran them on my old plow trucks for years and never had a problem. Sometimes the truck would literally cook the oil in the crankcase depending on who was driving it. I still use AC Delco and when comparing an old NOS filter to todays overseas crap you can visually see the difference. They are even easier to crush with oil filter pliers too. I agree quality has gone downhill in the name of the almighty dollar. My local small town parts store carries Wix filters as their main line. The old man has been running his parts store since 1955 and has never had a problem he can recall that was caused by an oil filter he sold.
I also don't believe in plugging the oil filter bypass or installing an adapter without the bypass provision. I'd rather have unfiltered oil flowing over my bearings and at least having some sort of lubrication and cushion than having metal on metal contact.