Newb Oil Filter Question

Newbomb Turk said
How does the right angle adapter have more places to leak? It has the gasket on the block like the plate and the filter has it's seal that no matter which one you use has the same gasket.

I count two possible leaks for both.

Besides that, filter length matters. With the same exact Wix filter in short and long, the short filter was down on presser by 10-12 pounds across the pull.

That's a lot of pressure loss. On the next test I'll measure the pressure in and pressure out for both filters. That may surprise some folks.

The bolt. With the 90° adaptor you have an extra sealing surface under the head of the bolt, for a total of 3.

Without the adaptor you only have 2, the filter and the gasket under the plate.

I honestly don't give a crap about the rest of it. Plenty of magnum engines have gone 200k+ with the shorter filter. Hell I have 170k+ on the 5.9 in my Dakota. Not worried about it at all.