ApolloSpeed

I just bought a Summit Racing Oil Relocation Kit.........

and I just wonder yall opinions on installation and/or placement in a Del Sol B16

monicle

wherever you decide to install it install it with the finter pointing down and oilchanges will never be cleaner.

mike1114

iTrader: (1)

No pics yet but I put mine between radiator and tranny mount. I mounted the relocator on the frame. In EG civic.

ApolloSpeed

If the filter is pointed down like that.....it will not hurt the pressure ????

mike1114

iTrader: (1)

no, oil pump is pumping oil in all directions through the motor.

There is only a couple psi pressure drop and it is not because of the oil filter facing that way (mine is also) it is because there is more line for the oil to pump through, putting just a hair more strain on the oil pump.


I run an oil cooler also on my daily driven turbo GSR.

BROKE.eg

why would you need to relocate the filter?

mike1114

iTrader: (1)

U don't NEED to, but it makes changing oil easier. You don't have to get under the car.

BROKE.eg

well you have to get under the car to take the drain plug out anyways

freakasis

so how do you drain the pan without getting underneith?

Sleepy_Red_hatch

on my stock VX its hard removing the filter while thje oil is draining, because the pan is smack where u should be laying down...i would love to relocate it!

Kyles ej1

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thats y u wait untill the pan is done draining

BROKE.eg

with my skunk2 mani i can reach the oil filter from the topof the car

jbscivichb92

with my stock b16 intake mani, i can reach the filter from the top. if you have the money to make an oil change easier, by all means, do it. i personaly would spend the money on a fuel pump so i can bump the nitrous up to a 75 shot.

rabius

i always changed the filter on my sister's (now mine) civic from the top. reached down behind the intake manifold and unscrewed it..

howangseg

what kit did you use?

dwnthehatch

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DELSOLEMITE's car

monicle

Another reason i did mine is to make adding simple locations to hook up oil temp and oil pressure sensors and an oil feed line for my turbo setup.

BERT-O

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wow, he must alot of rags when he changes his oil

pdiggitydogg

maybe Im not thinking correctly, but wouldnt this be messier?

unknown0001

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probably no problems at all if he doesn't drive the car
jk

Sleepy_Red_hatch

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i think the oil would drain out back into the oil pan since its angled once the oil pump stops pumping

suspendedHatch

That would be great. Then every time you start the engine after its been sitting, you're starting a dry engine. Let the shavings fly.

Good oil filters have an anti drain back valve.

You can get the oil pan bolt just by reaching your arm underneath the car. To get the filter in the stock position you have to slide your whole *** under there so you can reach up in that little gap and unscrew the filter. Then all the oil drips down the block into your catchpan. You can't really see what you're doing if you want to wipe the mating surface clean. The way you guys are talking, I wonder if you have ever even changed your own filter.

I relocated the filter on my Corolla and put in an oil cooler all in one shot. I wanted to do this to the Civic, but I didn't want to have a long hose vulnerable to just about anything. I wanted the filter pointing straight down and very accessible, but I never thought of a way without using a super long hose, so I lost interest.

VWVORTEX

Good oil filters have an anti drain back valve. ?... can you show me a pic/example.. i can't find this.. and why would manufactures want to keep a little oil on the side of the block..

Falqon

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Ok, how much of that is actually practical and how much of that is just so he can show off his probably $30 imported mugen oil filter?

I can see how maybe somebody absolutely pushing his engine to the limit might want this and save a coupe degree's of oil temperature, useful for running the brickyard 400 or something, but to make oil changes easier? Come on, reach hand down and twist.

But more on topic, if I were doing it I'd put it somewhere like the first pic where extra oil can spill on the ground and not on the car.

VWVORTEX

it looks bling, more "race" that's probably the biggest reason