origonal oil filter or change to screw on

what are the advantages?

I scored a running Fhead to replace the failed one I attempted to re-ring.

It was in a 52 that a friend is doing a crawler build, the engine came with the trannie and transfercase, generator, starter, fuel/vacume pump, carb and the origonal canister type oil filter. Everything is working - i got the whole thing for 200

My plan is to put the alternator, starter (both 12 v) and mechanical, non vacume fuel pump from my first engine since it is new, onto this engine. Since the carb was recently rebuilt on the engine, it will stay. The oil filter can be swapped to the screw on type since I have that bracket as well, but is it better?, I would have to loosen a head bolt to install the bracket and I really do not want to mess with a running engines head.

couple other differances - but one at a time

 

I like the screw on type personally, Not because the canister type is not as good but because it is easier and cleaner for me to change.

My 55 had the canister ( I saved it ) on the left front fender right ahead of the horn with hoses to the engine, I made a vertical bracket for the spin on adapter and put it in the same place.

If you decide to use the spin on dont forget that the original canister is a bypass design and the canister center bolt has a small orfice ( restriction ) in it . mine measured .065.

When converting to the spin on we need to maintain that restricted flow rate, I made a fitting to screw right into the block that I plugged then drilled a .065 hole in thereby maintaining the bypass design and keeping the pressure in the hoses and filter to only whatever it takes to push it through the filter and dump it back into the timing cover.

Either filter will get the job done if properly maintained, I just prefer the ease of the spin on.