Bob, while I agree that would be a very good way to get a better filter than Fram, and cheaper than the filter I will run, I'm going to stay the course.
I have all my fluids on the rig, analyzed on a monthly basis. Even changing brands, of supposedly the same micron filter, often shows up on the monthly analysis reports.
As much better as Wix is than Fram, Donalson, Dall, and Parker, etc., are even far better improvements in both filtering capability,and flow.
Even though the way I plan on plumbing it is not conventional in cars, I still feel it is the proper way to filter oil. I'm very curious to see what, if any, differences there are on the dyno.