Oil lines

Now that the engine is in, I've installed the remote oil filter and oil lines. The remote filter takes the oil filter from the bottom of the engine (where it would have stuck out below the sump) to the front of the car where it can be kept out of the way. Given that the car is also going to see some track work, I've also installed an oil cooler.

This is the Eurospeed plate that covers the oil ports in the engine. Originally, these ports fed the standard oil filter housing. The other fitting is an oil pressure guage - I've fitted the guage to the dash by drilling a new hole and moving the fuel guage to the far right. Now I have oil pressure and temperature guages in my line of sight while driving.

This is the remote filter mounting, which has been bolted up near the steering rack. This will keep the oil filter out of the way, while still leaving it in an easy to get to position for changing filters.

Here you can see the oil cooler. I made up the brackets top and bottom to hold it all in place, using rubber mounts to isolate the oil cooler from vibration. On the road, a cooler of this size will probably cool the oil too much, so I'll make up an aluminium blanking plate to cover about half of it up.

This is the car with the nosecone fitted - the cooler and lines all clear, which is handy. I may paint the oil cooler bracket black at some point to make it less conspicuous.