I used Fram oil filters on my 89 Z-24 and changed the oil faithfully every 3,000 miles. (But not synthetic.)
Results? The engine siezed up at 102,000 and needed rebuilding. Sure, it could've been due to the GM engine (V-6) but I'll not buy a Fram ANYTHING to this day. (And I switched all my vehicles to full synthetic.)
There was a website some years back where a couple engineers bought every brand of oil filter they could get their hands on and tested them and even cut them up to see how good the filters were on the inside. Fram was one of the worse they tested. (I remember the Purolators scored neared the top.)
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