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Dan,
I used the Summit relocation kit
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=SUM%2DG4985&N=700+115&autoview=sku
with my reproduction long-branch manifolds. The kit works by having you
spin on an adapter in place of the filter element. For my installation,
even with the kit the hoses would have touched the manifold, so I added
low-profile brass right-angle fittings, the kind that are machined from
a solid block of brass. That allowed me to point the nipples toward the
inner fender and route the hoses safely away from the manifold.
If you need even more clearance, you can replace the factory filter
mount with a piece from KRE that bolts directly to the block and points
the nipples to the side. You'd still need the remote filter mount, hoses
and nipples that you get in the Summit kit. The KRE plate is shown a
little over half way down the page at
http://www.krepower.com/newpro1.htm for $35. The drawback to this method
is that you lose the bypass valve in the factory filter mount, so I
wouldn't do this unless you really need the clearance.
Andy
Dan LeBarge wrote:
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I know I should have paid more attention in the past when this issue came up but I did not think that it would apply to me. Can someone give me the run down on how I go about relocating my oil filter and where to get the parts? I have a set of Doug's headers that I think are the "shorty" headers. I was mocking up some stuff today on a friend's firebird and realized that the oil filter will practially not be able to be removed with the headers installed. Also, am I going to have issues with the steering gear box?
Thanks,
Dan
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