oil filter directly on the block?

[SMP142]

so basically i have a pretty simple question. i got my relocation kit and sandwich plate not too long ago. i was wondering if anyone out there has completely removed the oil filter housing and tapped off the block?(2JZ) it would work soo much better for what i am planning to do. plus free up some room. i know i would need to get a longer stud for it to work. but has anyone done it with success?

 

[annoyingrob]

Don't do it unless you're putting on an aftermarket oil cooler.

 

[SMP142]

i am using and aftermarket cooler. but what difference does that make?

 

[annoyingrob]

Because that housing IS the oil cooler on the JZ block

 

[92SupraMan]

If you running a air to oil cooler you can do what I did and just remove the complete stock water or oil cooer and replace it with a 2jzge non cooled filter housing. IMO I didnt want my oil going from the air cooler and possibly getting hotter after going back into the water cooler. Plus I was able to remove that whole tube that goes from the water pump around the back of the block to the oil cooler. The housing I have is from an IS300 and it also came with the tapped hole in the mounting bolt for an oil pressure sensor.

 

[tsuper92]

i went to a local ford dealer and bought a bolt so i can remove the whole set-up.now my oil thermastat bolt's directly to the block,then the filter bolt's to that.the bolt is 3/4-16

 

[88mkIIIproject]

If you running a air to oil cooler you can do what I did and just remove the complete stock water or oil cooer and replace it with a 2jzge non cooled filter housing. IMO I didnt want my oil going from the air cooler and possibly getting hotter after going back into the water cooler. Plus I was able to remove that whole tube that goes from the water pump around the back of the block to the oil cooler. The housing I have is from an IS300 and it also came with the tapped hole in the mounting bolt for an oil pressure sensor.

same thing for the 1jz block??

 

[annoyingrob]

same thing for the 1jz block??

Yeah, they're different, but ARE interchangable.

 

[SMP142]

i went to a local ford dealer and bought a bolt so i can remove the whole set-up.now my oil thermastat bolt's directly to the block,then the filter bolt's to that.the bolt is 3/4-16

yeah my thermorstat bolts up between my relocation adaptor and the block. yeah its 3/4 x16 but was it standard length? or was it something special?

 

[tsuper92]

yeah my thermorstat bolts up between my relocation adaptor and the block. yeah its 3/4 x16 but was it standard length? or was it something special?

it was standard length.sorry i didn't keep the part number