<VV> Filteration and Synthetic oil

[Smitty]

From: judynrandy at comcast.net

In reference to the 1 micron filters, you guys flunked the test.? You
somehow missed the part about that being part of a "dual remote bypass
filter" setup.? You are absolutely correct in saying a filter that tight
would be very restrictive.? Which is why Amsoil put it next to the full flow
filter. Because the media is so dense it can only filter a small portion of
oil at a time.? The rest bypasses and goes on through the full flow filter.?
When the oil comes out the bypass filter, it is analytically clean.? But
looks can be deceptive.? They say at 45mph, in about 20 minutes, all the oil
in the crankcase will have been filtered through the bypass filter at least
once.? Oh yeah, and Smitty, the guy who founded Amsoil was a fighter pilot
in the air force.? Guess where the idea of synthetics for cars came from.?
His name is Al Amatuzio (hence the name Amsoil) and he noticed his fighter
jet was kept alive by synthetic lubes and oil analysis and wondered why?
someone couldn't come  up with the same thing for cars.? Upon his retiring
from the air force, he did, and in 1972 Amsoil was born.? And like Paul
Harvey used to say, "Now you know the rest of the story." 
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Smitty Says;  Having never seen an Ansol bypass filter on a Corvair I have
to ask.  Is this something that clamps between the filter and the adaptor?  
I assume this fighter pilot you mention was in the German Airforce because
the US was not forced into the use of synthetic oil and gasoline as the
Germans were toward the end of WW2.   The US was able to continue using
dinosaur juice.  I see Amsol through Google claims that he invented
synthetic oil.  The claim is by Amsol and not by anyone else in the
industry.  I find that highly unlikely that he did since the Germans were
using it since before 43.