oil filter

back in a recent issue of mopar muscle jd engines entered a killer wedge with a single 4-brl that wound up second behind indy`s 2-4brl wedge. on this jd engine was a huge canister oil filter (2qs) i think. i believe it was from a truck. on my wedge i use a 1q wix racing filter that has a large micron for low restriction. i`d like to go with the larger capacity can because the more oil capacity i`m told, the better, when you spin these engines up there. am i making a bad choice here, please, anyone? thanks a bunch. happy mother`s day :-)