Friday, January 2, 2009

Remote Oil Filter mount





The main reason I did this is because the headers I use on my tbird are great. I bought them from FORD powertrain in Seattle But, when you need to change oil filters you have to turn the filter on its side when removing it and it will of course spill all over the collector. Hard to clean up and you can't really get the oil out between the tubes-so it's gonna burn. I could have just stuck a piece of sheetmetal in there to divert it all but that would be to easy for me.
Besides, really I always wanted a remote filter cause it looks cool! And I could mount my battery in the trunk-even better for the cool factor. hehe.
From the photos you can see at first I tried one type of blck fitting and then later changed it to another. And I also had teflon braided stainless lines made to fit, all which work much better. John Mummert also has a billet block fitting available but I was not aware of it at the time I did this. 

292 Stroked and Bored makes 310hp on dynotest


• 292 FORD yblock  - ground and finished smooth inside and out | Decked and line bored
• Machined to accept a 312 crankshaft | STK machine, Stanley Morton~Broken Arrow, OK
• Badger cast pistons are .60 over 292
• Polished & shot peened rods | Prepped and balanced rods 
• Isky 300 camshaft with spring kit, lifters and pushrods | Ted Eaton Lorena, Tx
• Precision Oil pump
• Billet steel timing gear & chain set
• Steel Billet Water pump pulley
• 1957 Ford Thunderbird Tach Drive Dist | Full Mechanical, Pertronix ignition | Bob Creitz
• FORD ECZ-G Heads, ported and machined | John Mummert
• Stainless valves


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Engine and rebuild reference pics


These are random shots of engine and restoration stage during the rebuild of my 1955 Thunderbird and in no real order. Just for reference.