Oil Filter Adaptor???

[Powerhouse]

ANYONE know if there are any kits available for the L heads to change the paper element tank type oil filter over to a modern screw on type?

[Norm's Coupe]

Yes there are. Check the street rod catalogs. Don't know of any particular catalog to look at but see them all the time in those catalogs.

[teardrop puller]

This is what I used/

kai

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1∂=EAR%2D2178ERL&N=700+115&autoview=sku

[Powerhouse]

thanks...any pics of it mounted?

[oldmopar]

here is the one on my car .

[Powerhouse]

so...where did ya buy that one...or did it come with the car?

[oldmopar]

My came with the car but suppliers like speedway,jegs summitt should have something that you could use

Ed

[Norm's Coupe]

Ed,

I've thought about doing that from time to time myself. Wasn't sure how to mount it though. Thanks for that picture. Am I looking at that right? Looks like it's mounted to the original mounting bracket for the original old type filters. Is that right?

[oldmopar]

Norm, It looks like they welded the adapter to the original bracket.

Ed

[John Nickell]

I know a member on this forum, “rearview”, adapted a remote oil filter kit designed for a Harley. I don’t think it was a direct bolt on but sure looked good though. Maybe he will chime in on this thread. I have tried to attach the link that briefly discusses this swap, hope it worked.

http://www430.pair.com/p15d24/mopar_forum/showthread.php?t=2418&highlight=harley

[38plymouth]

Is it as simple as just adapting the stock lines to the adapter? I thought in order to make that work something had to be plugged in the block.

[Captain Neon]

I've never installed one myself, but it is my understanding that is all that is necessary. Just bolt the adapter to the firewall, connect the oil lines, and spin-on a new modern filter. Usually a standard Ford (NAPA 1515), fits these adapters. Filters for 3.0L MoPar V6 work well too.

I swapped from the small standard oil filter on my Neon 2.0L I4 to the 3.0L V6 oil filters 5 years ago with no complaints (more filtering capability). When I go on a long trip (2000+ mi. round-trip), I will even use the bigger Ford oil filters.

[oldmopar]

Is it as simple as just adapting the stock lines to the adapter? I thought in order to make that work something had to be plugged in the block.

The lines to the stock filter are plugged into the block you are just connecting to the new filter unit

[grey beard]

Gentllemen,

If you connect your filter lines to a remote spin-on adaptor, this will work just fine, but you still have a by-pass filtration system as per the original filter unit. You're just substituting it for the modern spin-oin filter. It will filter part of the oil, just part of the time - better than nothing, but not by much, IMHO

To convert your 218/230 engine to a full-flow filter, larger lines and some block mods are required. Marty Bose and several others on this forum have posted this mod in past threads.

[james curl]

I think we all know that but are looking for an alternate to the nasty drop in filter and removing the remaning dirty oil from the housing before installing the new drop in. The last Wix filter I bought for my P-15 was over $12.00 and the Wix spin on which is the popular Ford spin on costs less than half that.

[Young Ed]

I think you are actually making it worse. The bypass system only filters some of the oil at a time. However it filters much down to a finer particle then the modern spin ons. I'd be buying high quality spin ons with a good filter spec if I did this swap.

[greg g]

I don't know what the flow rate is for the oil in the system. The bypass system is set up to capture 30 percent of the flow. So if we assume that the system moves all the oil through the system in 10 minutes, then it seems logical that all the oil would pass through the filter in just under a half an hour of running time.

Remember that conditions today are much less harsh than they were when these cars were designed. The air is not full of coal dust from industry and home heating, 95% of the roads are now paved, fuel is much cleaner burning that it was, and the oil is better engineered. So there are less environmental contaminants being pulled into the crankcase and it is probably easier for the filter to do its job today than it was in the 40's and 50's