New Crate Motor Question......
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Melting Slicks
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New Crate Motor Question......
I got a new 350/300HP crate motor a few months ago. Today I just got it on my motor stand. I went to put on a new oil filter and there is no place to screw the filter into the housing. There is a cast housing where the filter goes but when you look up into the housing there is no threaded piece sticking down to screw the filter to and the hole that is there is not threaded. I know now that I need to buy something to put there because there is 2 small threaded holes up in the housing. My question is what is the part that I need called? Is it a filter housing? Thanks.
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I had to buy one for my Suburban a few years ago when I removed the oil cooler that it came with from the factory. I went to the local salvage yard and took one off a motor.
I looked it up at Autozone: oil filter adaptor
I looked it up at Autozone: oil filter adaptor
Last edited by redwingvette; Apr 18, 2010 at 06:13 PM.
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take the one off your old motor- it should fit.
what crate did you buy? am about to buy a crate my ownslf and lookin for pointers? thanx
what crate did you buy? am about to buy a crate my ownslf and lookin for pointers? thanx
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Melting Slicks
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Thanks guys,
Mikejpss: I already gave away the old motor. I got a 350/300HP from Pace Performance and it was $2,200 delivered.
Gordom, thanks now I know what to call it. I got the motor 6 months ago and never realized it had no adaptor.
redwingvette; thanks for the info, I have an Auto Zone about 5 miles from my house.
Mikejpss: I already gave away the old motor. I got a 350/300HP from Pace Performance and it was $2,200 delivered.
Gordom, thanks now I know what to call it. I got the motor 6 months ago and never realized it had no adaptor.
redwingvette; thanks for the info, I have an Auto Zone about 5 miles from my house.
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Richard, when I got my then 260hp 350 motor from Pace Performance(the one in Niles, Ohio)5yrs ago for my '75 coupe, I kept the original L-82 motor and had to take the filter adapter off of it and put on the new motor. Sold the car 3/24 but haven't got the original L-82 & Turbo 400 over to the new owner's house yet.
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I'm on the fence about if I should go for the long filter or the short filter. If it was a DD, I'd buy the long filter in a heartbeat but since this is a show car, it really doesn't need a long filter.
I plan to change the oil every 6 months with synthetic oil. What weight do you use? I was thinking about 5W-30. Sorry that I'm hijacking this thread for these questions but I don't think I need to open a new thread for these questions.
Thanks for any info.
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I have a ZZ4 engine and it's about time for me to change the oil. It has a standard oil filter position, so is it a safe bete to think that it will use a typical GM filter for 350 SB?
I'm on the fence about if I should go for the long filter or the short filter. If it was a DD, I'd buy the long filter in a heartbeat but since this is a show car, it really doesn't need a long filter.
I plan to change the oil every 6 months with synthetic oil. What weight do you use? I was thinking about 5W-30. Sorry that I'm hijacking this thread for these questions but I don't think I need to open a new thread for these questions.
Thanks for any info.
And the thread is returned back to the OP.
I'm on the fence about if I should go for the long filter or the short filter. If it was a DD, I'd buy the long filter in a heartbeat but since this is a show car, it really doesn't need a long filter.
I plan to change the oil every 6 months with synthetic oil. What weight do you use? I was thinking about 5W-30. Sorry that I'm hijacking this thread for these questions but I don't think I need to open a new thread for these questions.
Thanks for any info.
And the thread is returned back to the OP.
