8 speed in line thermostat and engine oil filter relocation

[Wild one]

I put the improved racing thermostat on mine when I did the 8-spd swap. It runs consistently now at 156*F; whereas without a thermostat, it would take a long time to break 100*F in the winter; and would rarely get above 120*F.

Did you use the 145 or the 165 thermostat emjohn?

 

[emjohn4]

Did you use the 145 or the 165 thermostat emjohn?

I used the 145.

 

[crazykid1994]

I used the 145.

Do you use your truck for towing or hauling or any off-roading? Or is it strictly a street truck.

 

[crazykid1994]

I took a file and a grinding stone and cleaned up some of the hard edges after taking these pictures. Pretty decent construction. @Wild one does your truck have the factory oil heat exchanger on the engine? I bought the threaded nipple to remove the heat exchanger. Thinking removing it may remove some restriction in oil flow as well. I know it’s there to warm the oil faster and keep it warmer with the coolant. If anything I can add a thermostatic mount and a small power steering type cooler to keep restriction down in the future. I don’t think the oil will get to hot without the factory heat exchanger though.

 

[emjohn4]

Do you use your truck for towing or hauling or any off-roading? Or is it strictly a street truck.

When the truck was young (<20k miles), I did some very light towing of ~2,500-lbs for maybe 10% of it's mileage (old pics below). Since then, it's been pretty much a 100% street, no towing, highway vehicle (my commute is 70 miles/day (round-trip), all highway).

 

[Wild one]

I took a file and a grinding stone and cleaned up some of the hard edges after taking these pictures. Pretty decent construction. @Wild one does your truck have the factory oil heat exchanger on the engine? I bought the threaded nipple to remove the heat exchanger. Thinking removing it may remove some restriction in oil flow as well. I know it’s there to warm the oil faster and keep it warmer with the coolant. If anything I can add a thermostatic mount and a small power steering type cooler to keep restriction down in the future. I don’t think the oil will get to hot without the factory heat exchanger though.

My 14 doesn't have the oil cooler Khris,i think they started adding it to the later trucks either around 16 or 17. If it's easy to delete,i'd get rid of the factory oil cooler,as i think it's a flow restriction too. Remember to keep track of the in and out,as "out" from the engine adapter should go to "in" on the remote mount and vice versus "out" from the remote mount goes to "in" on the engine adapter,if you get them wrong,the engine won't build any oil pressure,if that happens reverse the hoses,lol.

 

[crazykid1994]

My 14 doesn't have the oil cooler Khris,i think they started adding it to the later trucks either around 16 or 17. If it's easy to delete,i'd get rid of the factory oil cooler,as i think it's a flow restriction too. Remember to keep track of the in and out,as "out" from the engine adapter should go to "in" on the remote mount and vice versus "out" from the remote mount goes to "in" on the engine adapter,if you get them wrong,the engine won't build any oil pressure,if that happens reverse the hoses,lol.

Yea. It looks really easy. I’ll just have to cap the cooler lines.

 

[Wild one]

Yea. It looks really easy. I’ll just have to cap the cooler lines.

Does the cooler tie into the thermostat housing Khris,if so,i'd look at replacing it with the earlier thermostat housing,as it only has one rad hose outlet

 

[crazykid1994]

Does the cooler tie into the thermostat housing Khris,if so,i'd look at replacing it with the earlier thermostat housing,as it only has one rad hose outlet

I have to double check if it’s the thermostat housing or the water pump. Can’t remember off the top of my head but I think it’s actually part of the water pump. I think the thermostat housing went to the trans heater on my truck. Not a bad idea to swap that though. 1 less failure point.

 

[danielmid]

My 14 doesn't have the oil cooler Khris,i think they started adding it to the later trucks either around 16 or 17. If it's easy to delete,i'd get rid of the factory oil cooler,as i think it's a flow restriction too. Remember to keep track of the in and out,as "out" from the engine adapter should go to "in" on the remote mount and vice versus "out" from the remote mount goes to "in" on the engine adapter,if you get them wrong,the engine won't build any oil pressure,if that happens reverse the hoses,lol.

My '15 did not have the heater either. I've been really impressed with the IR parts, although I didn't want to hit them with the grinder so they're stock.