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r55nls2002

r55nls2002

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73 Dart 340 sport

I have to drop my exhaust to get the oil filter off. I planning on doing a oil filter relocation kit until I stumbled across a 90 degree adapter. Does anyone have a picture of one installed? I would like to get an idea of how much clearance I would have.
 
try unscrewing the filter, place it on the T-bar (hole up), and reach in from above to pull it out
 
kursplat said:
try unscrewing the filter, place it on the T-bar (hole up), and reach in from above to pull it out
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That is exactly how I do it. Works great.

I put a 90 degree after on my 360 and had nothing but issues. I was priming the engine on the stand and the sealing washer on the bolt blew out. It shot a stream of oil 10 feet away. That was a mopar gasket set. I bought some "improved" gaskets and had leaking issues with those.
 
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Interesting.... I’ve ran the Mopar Performance 90deg adapters and never a leak... I’ve only used superformance gaskets though...

The picture is the only one I have at the moment where you can see it on the side of the block there...
 
mopardude318 said:
View attachment 1715404261 Interesting.... I’ve ran the Mopar Performance 90deg adapters and never a leak... I’ve only used superformance gaskets though...

The picture is the only one I have at the moment where you can see it on the side of the block there...
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Now those “Superformance” baskets are really freakin good!!!!

By the way.... is that a Passon 5spd?
 
r55nls2002 said:
73 Dart 340 sport

I have to drop my exhaust to get the oil filter off. I planning on doing a oil filter relocation kit until I stumbled across a 90 degree adapter. Does anyone have a picture of one installed? I would like to get an idea of how much clearance I would have.
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Do you need a 90* adapter?
PM me.
 
rumblefish360 said:
Now those “Superformance” baskets are really freakin good!!!!

By the way.... is that a Passon 5spd?
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Yes that is a Passon 5 speed. After a 5 year wait, I received it in December of 2017. LOL.. I don’t have the car running just yet, it’s in for paint, so I can’t comment on how it works...
 
r55nls2002 said:
Shorter.. Or skinnier?
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Just use the right angle adapter and make damn sure you get the correct gaskets. You can rotate it so you can get the clearance you need.

I never run the short filters. They are a big enough restriction when you use the full size filter.
 
it's hard to tell how much space between the pipe and the filter, what manifold is that? i've had a few 340's with stock manifolds and headpipes, and never had a problem getting them on / off. i don't know what kind of filter wrench your using, but have you tryed one of these from the top?
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kursplat said:
it's hard to tell how much space between the pipe and the filter, what manifold is that? i've had a few 340's with stock manifolds and headpipes, and never had a problem getting them on / off. i don't know what kind of filter wrench your using, but have you tryed one of these from the top?
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Stock manifolds.. Crap pinch bent exhaust that came on the car when I got it. I finally use a big ok set of channel locks. The problem is that the filter hits the exhaust right before it completely threaded off.
 
r55nls2002 said:
Stock manifolds.. Crap pinch bent exhaust that came on the car when I got it. I finally use a big ok set of channel locks. The problem is that the filter hits the exhaust right before it completely threaded off.
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You might have to loosen the pipe.
 
Adapters and a remote mount work too. Get the filter vertical and away from the exhaust heat. Canton makes an adpator for SBM; several remote mounts are out there.

But I'd be sorely tempted to 'massage' that pipe a bit...
 
I have been using the short/small filters for years on my street cars and race cars. Never had any problem with it being a "restriction". Big block and small block. I guess I have been doing things the wrong way for 40+ years. Do what you want, I was just trying to help.
 
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