Below are a few different oil filters you can put onto our motors..others are useable too. Among other things you need a high burst strength and an antidrainback valve along with a 3/4-16 thread. The "pad" that the oil filter's o-ring seals against is much larger than the OD of the stock filter, so larger diameter alternates can be considered and there is ample space for a taller filter too.
The Toyota 90915-10004 is the proper factory oil filter, and the one I'd suggest you use if you stay all Toyota. Lotus suggests the same one. The same sized 90915-YZZA1 in the PIC is the version Toyota dealers carry in stock, but it's a hair less nice than the 10004. The 10004 is not always carried in stock and may need to be ordered if you go to Toyota. Your Lotus dealer should have it though. You can also fit the Toytota 90915-YZZA2 which is the filter for the non GT-S Celicas but this is even smaller in size, about 3/4 inch shorter. The slightly larger oil filter used on the Lexus IS-300 will go right on and many use that one on the 2ZZ-GE engine.
I found a taller version of the Lexus filter. The best two versions I could find are the 209 by Mobil 1 and the 2009 by K&N. These are made by the same company (appears to be Champion) and are well made, but have slight differences from one another. The Mobil 1 filters down to 12 microns and the K&N is good to about 15-20 microns but flows better and is less restrictive. Most stock type filters do about 30 microns and cheapies do about 40. (This is the size of particles below which they don't filter.) The Mobil 1 was my choice as the flow should still be fine but it was not in stock so I got the K&N for about 10 bucks. It actually flows better than the Mobil 1 which may be a good idea for our high revving lumps.
I changed to Mobil 1 0W40 since it's getting colder out these days. That oil is factory fill in Porsches and AMG Mercedes and should be good enough for the high revs and loads at the 40 end.
For my next oil change I will put on a Canton Mecca high flow zero bypassing 8 micron oil filter. The 25-262 or 25-462 will go right on to our motors. This is an aluminum cased filter that has replaceable inserts and way better dirt capacity and filtering ability than normal filters but it costs about 100 bucks. Normal filters bypass above some oil pressure....so basically the filtering mostly takes place at the lower RPMs. When a filter bypasses, this means that some of the oil is allowed to pass AROUND the filter element and go directly into the motor as-is. Gasp.
The Toyota 90915-10004 is the proper factory oil filter, and the one I'd suggest you use if you stay all Toyota. Lotus suggests the same one. The same sized 90915-YZZA1 in the PIC is the version Toyota dealers carry in stock, but it's a hair less nice than the 10004. The 10004 is not always carried in stock and may need to be ordered if you go to Toyota. Your Lotus dealer should have it though. You can also fit the Toytota 90915-YZZA2 which is the filter for the non GT-S Celicas but this is even smaller in size, about 3/4 inch shorter. The slightly larger oil filter used on the Lexus IS-300 will go right on and many use that one on the 2ZZ-GE engine.
I found a taller version of the Lexus filter. The best two versions I could find are the 209 by Mobil 1 and the 2009 by K&N. These are made by the same company (appears to be Champion) and are well made, but have slight differences from one another. The Mobil 1 filters down to 12 microns and the K&N is good to about 15-20 microns but flows better and is less restrictive. Most stock type filters do about 30 microns and cheapies do about 40. (This is the size of particles below which they don't filter.) The Mobil 1 was my choice as the flow should still be fine but it was not in stock so I got the K&N for about 10 bucks. It actually flows better than the Mobil 1 which may be a good idea for our high revving lumps.
I changed to Mobil 1 0W40 since it's getting colder out these days. That oil is factory fill in Porsches and AMG Mercedes and should be good enough for the high revs and loads at the 40 end.
For my next oil change I will put on a Canton Mecca high flow zero bypassing 8 micron oil filter. The 25-262 or 25-462 will go right on to our motors. This is an aluminum cased filter that has replaceable inserts and way better dirt capacity and filtering ability than normal filters but it costs about 100 bucks. Normal filters bypass above some oil pressure....so basically the filtering mostly takes place at the lower RPMs. When a filter bypasses, this means that some of the oil is allowed to pass AROUND the filter element and go directly into the motor as-is. Gasp.
