Today's work -
*got a bracket made for the remote oil filter piece
*got some chassis work done to clear room for the oil cooler
The bracket is made from heavy duty 3"x1/4" angle, so no further gusseting needed on it. I'll weld it to the frame rail once I make all the hose to make sure it all fits, then the remote oil filter housing bolts to it.
On the inlet side of the filter housing I have an inline -8AN gauge fitting for the oil pressure sending unit - they didn't make it in black, so I'll have to do some home anodizing to match the rest of the fittings.
On the block side, I found the 3/8"NPT to -8AN 90* hose ends I needed (the swivel one isn't available in black from XRP so more anodizing there), so now the lines are closer to the block and as far away from the headers as they'll get. The braided hose will also be wrapped in an 800*F fire jacket.
The oil cooler finally found a nook to fit into, but the curved lower rad. support was in the way...for a short time. Got that thing notched out and re-strengthened, and now we're golden.
The zip ties were for mock-up purpose only, the cooler will be mounted on solid brackets.
Next up, brackets for the radiator, brackets for the oil cooler, and notching of the RHS lower radiator support for the blower outlet pipe.
It looks like there is a *small* chance that an intercooler will still fit, which is...cool :D
