Hey guys I am doing a 5.0 swap into a 1991 Ford Ranger. I am building my own motor mounts to set the 5.0 low enough to keep the factory AC. I need a thin,clock able remote oil filter adapter. The trans dapt one is to thick it hits the steering box. Anyone know of a thinner one?
I have seen someone tap the block itself and run right angle fittings.
That and sawing away part of the oil filter pad were required to fit the engine in a Midget.
If you have forward room, I am pretty sure that right-angle oil filter housings exist, that are pretty shallow.
In reply to jovibuilt :
You won't find one, that one is literally as thin as you can go and still have the ability to run sufficiently sized lines into it. I am actually kind of impressed that it can be that thin.
Where are you hitting, right in the middle or at one of the edges?
In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :
The bolt in the middle hits the steering box. I am trying to get the motor lower to keep the ac/heat box on the firewall. If I move it forward I can't run a mechanical fan.
Can you instal the filter adapter then grind off the bolt head to make it fit before you drop in the engine?
In reply to itsarebuild :
The bolt head is what holds the whole mess together.
It has been a long time since I have played with a Ford pushrod block, I am wondering if more extreme procedures are required, like blocking off the oil filter pad and finding a way to get the oil out and back in to the block through other places.
There's no room to move the engine over any more? When I did a 6.0 swap in a Hummer I ended up having to move the engine up and to the right about an inch so the front driveshaft U joint would clear the oil filter and the A/C compressor would clear the frame, which still required a hefty notching.
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