72 Duster's new Filter location

nm9stheham said
I don't think the OP's long lines will drain out much, if at all, with a filter change since their ends are located up higher than the old filter location. And with a nice vertical oil filter mounting, you can pre-fill the filter to the brim and cut down any fill time.

I've run 3-4' hoses for years in my rally engines with no issues. Use 1/2" ID lines and calculations with standard flow rates show that you shouldn't get any more than about 1 psi drop. That is less pressure drop than in the passages and bends inside the block in the standard oil passages.

BTW, OP, if your line get any where close to the exhaust, wrap them in reflective foil to keep the heat out. Also, what line do you plan to use? I'd strongly recommend not to use stainless braided over rubber lines; you can never inspect the rubber under the braid and I've seen too much of that type of fuel line have tiny leaks from pinholes in the rubber. I also am leery of teflon lines for this particular use only because of possibly being too near to the exhaust. There is some multi-layered, fabric covered and reinforced oil lines that you can get from NAPA that is very durable as oil cooler lines.

Thanks NM9's for the reply... Your comment about the hose has given me pause to do more research on the type of hose to use. I have heard pro and con on most of them. The route I plan on taking the oil lines is out of the way of most of the heat except when I near the headers, I was going to place a heat shield between the lines and the header and in addition place one of those "socks" they place over spark plugs... I was thinking of using -10 oil line and no 90's and I have a high output oil pump. With the oil filter up front it should help dissipate the heat as it will be right behind the dual fans. It regard to the distance, there are many out there who have placed oil coolers on their oil lines in addition to their remote filters. In that instance the oil had a lot further to go than what I plan on doing, however, every engine reacts differently depending on build. I would like to hear from some of those who have placed their oil filter more than two feet away from the original oil filter location and what was their experience.