Thinking caps on: AN fittings problem
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Thinking caps on: AN fittings problem I'm installing that oh so nice Moroso oil pan in my 1999 LS1 Firebird. It has -10 AN fittings at the block ports to get the oil to a remote filter & cooler. Exactly what I'm doing.
I want 90 degree fittings to route the hoses in line next to the oil pan.
Both fittings directly on the pan, the rear fitting has to point out.
The rear fitting extended down to clear the front fitting (with a m/m adapter and a f/f adapter) places the fitting & hose too far down-and blocks the drain plug.
Photos tell the story. Last photo shows where I want the rear fitting.
Any ideas?
I want 90 degree fittings to route the hoses in line next to the oil pan.
Both fittings directly on the pan, the rear fitting has to point out.
The rear fitting extended down to clear the front fitting (with a m/m adapter and a f/f adapter) places the fitting & hose too far down-and blocks the drain plug.
Photos tell the story. Last photo shows where I want the rear fitting.
Any ideas?
https://ls1tech.com/forums/drag-raci...h-diet-42.html
ya I used one 90 and 45, some pics at the bottem of the page
make sure you check the rail it flat there, mine was warped. And check how close the end of the dipstick tube it so the loover in the windage tray, mine shot oil up the tube and pushed the wand out.
ya I used one 90 and 45, some pics at the bottem of the page
make sure you check the rail it flat there, mine was warped. And check how close the end of the dipstick tube it so the loover in the windage tray, mine shot oil up the tube and pushed the wand out.
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Hey guys, thanks for the suggestions.
I've fooled with some 45 degree fittings in a paint program and it might work-but with added seal points. And it'll look hokey-pokey, I hate using fittings in a row like that.
I'm considering this: When I used a Stef's pan on my '94 Formula, I got some aluminum hex stock and a tap and made a nut the same thread as the oil level sensor. I had it welded to the side of the pan so my OLS still worked. I had found a particularity good aluminum welding shop.
I'm gonna do this with this pan-I still have hex stock and the tap.
While the pan is at the welder, how about I get this Fragola -10 carb fitting, cut it to size and weld it in place of the rear fitting on the pan? This'll poke the 90 down just far enough.
I've fooled with some 45 degree fittings in a paint program and it might work-but with added seal points. And it'll look hokey-pokey, I hate using fittings in a row like that.
I'm considering this: When I used a Stef's pan on my '94 Formula, I got some aluminum hex stock and a tap and made a nut the same thread as the oil level sensor. I had it welded to the side of the pan so my OLS still worked. I had found a particularity good aluminum welding shop.
I'm gonna do this with this pan-I still have hex stock and the tap.
While the pan is at the welder, how about I get this Fragola -10 carb fitting, cut it to size and weld it in place of the rear fitting on the pan? This'll poke the 90 down just far enough.
the 90 and 45 works great. and you can just get a spacer fitting -10 female to -10 male 2-3inch long that will work if you want to use 2 90s and not have to change the pan at all.
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Where is this -10 male to -10 female to be found? The only ones I found in catalogs are expanders between two different sizes.
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Thanks, I knew about the dipstick hitting the tray but not the rail flatness. Noted and added to The List.
I cant remember if it was here on YB, but somone got a longer fitting -10 make/female to extand the rear port and ran 2 90s. I looked but cant find it now, it was a thread about this oil pan and filter setups.
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I saw that fitting, it's from Speedflow in Australia.
It looks too long, my 90 will again block the drain plug.
They also have a male -10 x female -10 with a gauge port-everybody else has up to -8 only. It might be just long enough, I could plug the port.
Speedflow seems to have some interesting fitting solutions nobody else has.
HOWEVER, it's expensive and probably time consuming to get anything here in the states.
It looks too long, my 90 will again block the drain plug.
They also have a male -10 x female -10 with a gauge port-everybody else has up to -8 only. It might be just long enough, I could plug the port.
Speedflow seems to have some interesting fitting solutions nobody else has.
HOWEVER, it's expensive and probably time consuming to get anything here in the states.
