Thread: Short Oil Filter Application

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I can hear the orange engine guys thinking now: Besides having to reverse the pan sump, and find hardware to shorten the water pump, you guys have to fiddle with oil filters too? Hmmmmmmmmm

Uncle Bob - we Blue Oval guys are up to the challenge. Those Bow Tie guys have it too easy and no challenge but the same cookbook the next guy has.

Mike - those Ford 90 degree adapters can work fine, but you might end up with still an awkward placing. I tried on instead of the 1" shorter FL300 and it didn't work/look right

Roger - the Hamburger filter mounts aren't cast but billet. That other company has a nice block adapter but no filter mount - surprising. If I have to 'advertise' a brand name, I want both the same

Originally Posted by IC2

Uncle Bob - we Blue Oval guys are up to the challenge. Those Bow Tie guys have it too easy and no challenge but the same cookbook the next guy has.

Mike - those Ford 90 degree adapters can work fine, but you might end up with still an awkward placing. I tried on instead of the 1" shorter FL300 and it didn't work/look right

I'll have to agree with ITYS, seems much ado about nothing, IMHO!
Even my 4x4 dodge pickup used a shorty filter and still went better than 200K miles and it was ABUSED by me and my friends.

Dave, sometimes form following function is my driver! Looks are in the eyes of the beholder, right?!?!

Originally Posted by IC2

Roger - the Hamburger filter mounts aren't cast but billet. That other company has a nice block adapter but no filter mount - surprising. If I have to 'advertise' a brand name, I want both the same

Dave,
I looked at the Hamburger line but can't abide that red anodizing . I'm looking seriously at the Canton Racing Products pieces from Summit, but buying my AN fittings & hose locally from Star Performance once I see where I can make things fit, and what angles work best. The Canton Remote Filter Adapter is very similar to the one from Product Engineering, and they also have a remote filter mount, all in black anodized finish .
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Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

I can hear the orange engine guys thinking now: Besides having to reverse the pan sump, and find hardware to shorten the water pump, you guys have to fiddle with oil filters too? Hmmmmmmmmm

You forgot one, Bob. Our Ford parts cost about 3 times as much as similar Bowtie parts.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

You forgot one, Bob. Our Ford parts cost about 3 times as much as similar Bowtie parts.

Don

Far be it from me to cross the line from mere mockery to outright cruelty..................................................