One of the only non original items on my Strato Chief is the fuel filter before the pump. It seems to work fine but I'd never seen it done that way before. To me it would make sense to have it after the pump but if you really want to keep it original, stick with the carb filter and nothing else. I think I will change mine back to the original setup because I don't like the look of the aftermarket filter.

Not sure if it's better or not, but mines been at the tank (and embarrassingly I'll admit I haven't changed it in almost 30 years!) ...but I've never had any debris or issues with carbs and jets, and I've run 12s in the quarter and no fuel starvation issues either....no other filters inline.

ak