The oil pump on the Viper engine is huge (one of the largest on any production engine) and spins at a 1:1 ratio with the crank. It is moving a LOT of oil at say, 6 grand.
The Viper oil filter has a few things going for it:
A STIFF bypass spring (for higher pressure differential situations) @ 17 p.s.i. This is a big deal because a low(er) bypass rating will open the bypass allowing unfiltered oil through the engine. You obviously want your oil filter to, well, filter oil. 8-11 is more common for general oil filters.
Specific media for high-volume filtration, 'cause if it can't filter a large volume of oil, it bypasses again.
300 p.s.i. burst pressure. <end>
A Viper engine isn't very sophisticated compared with modern engines. My 2019 5.7 once used an oil filter that created low oil pressure at lower engine r.p.m. and tripped the cam-phasing check engine light. That particular filter also took out another 5.7 engine completely and was not covered under warranty. I don't remember the filter name offhand, but it wasn't a cheapie, nor a mainstream name.
So...should you use a Cat filter on your Viper engine??? The bypass rating is fine, their filtration is designed for very high volumes of oil and the can is far more robust than perhaps any other "normal" oil filter. The thread pitch is the same, just make sure the rubber flat gasket is the same size too.
I'm thinking it should be just fine and could be the best filter of all. I'd try one on my own engine ( which I'm kinda partial to ).
It's designed for high volumes of oil, it has the correct bypass spring spec and the can shouldn't pop unless you are using 90 weight at 30 below.
There really isn't too much more to an oil filter beyond the info above.
