Josh.
As for carbon destroying bearings, no offence, I'm not convinced.
Thats your prerogative, but its not just carbon in the sludge trap, its also small chunks of very abrasive metal, and the only way for it to get to the aftermarket oil filter is by going through the big end bearings, which the sludgetrap was designed to prevent. If you have a magnetic sump plug you will see the stuff I mean stuck to that.
If you want to take the risk, that's up to you but I was only trying to stop you doing something you would probably seriously regret.
Let us know how you get on, best of luck.