Using fully synthetic oil on an engine from 1996

[UnleashedBeast]

Wix makes a great filter and just happen to make napa's house brand as well as amsoils filters too. And believe it or not fram has really stepped up their game too. Their tough guard is a good filter as is their extended guard for longer drain intervals.
My days of paying big bucks for filters are over.

Correct, Wix and Napa Gold are one in the same.

Amsoil however has stepped up their game with the EaO series of oil filters, is a Donaldson nano fiber media, now assembled by Champion Labs.

I would use Fram's Xtended Guard with confidence. That filter is assembled right. No cardboard ends on this filter. Although, you are paying for what you get. That filter is almost $9.00 at Wal Mart.