It seems that the Vortech kit I purchased used, is missing the adapter and T-fitting for the oil feed line. I have the line the goes into the S/C unit itself, but what should I do about the adapter and T-fitting. Anything I can buy locally to work around this perhaps?

Please give any suggestions since I have already started the install. Thanks.

 

you may have to take all the fittings and make a trip to a hardware store. Take the oil pressure sender with you ad well as the feed line.

You may be able to find a similar t fitting to where youll only have to use a few extra fittings to get the thread sizes to match up.

 

another vortech unit in circulation home depot or lowes will have everything you need

 

Thats good to hear guys thanks for the responses. But will the new t-fitting I'll be purchasing make the purchase of the adapter unnecessary?

 

The thread in the oil pan is 1/8 BSPT.

The thread for your stock oil pressure sensor is 1/8 BSPT

You can use 1/8 NPT Fittings that you will find at the hardware store, but that is not the right way to do it. They will feel like they are threading, but it will not correctly interface.

The different between 1/8 NPT and 1/8 BSPT is 1 thread per inch and I think about 5 degrees of taper difference.

Aside from that, the brass T method is pretty ghetto IMHO.

If I were in yours shoes, I would take this chance to do it correctly from the start, and use a oil filter sandwich with a NPT port on it. From there you can get the NPT to -3 or -4, can remember which the Vortech oil line is, and hook up the vortech oil line, assuming its long enough to reach the filter sandwich. Or just make a new line all together.

 

Vortech kits come with a oil filter sandwich with the NPT port on it . If it didnt come with you kit . Contact the seller

 

I only have his e-mail and he lives in a galaxy far far away. Plus I'm really trying to decrease downtime by as much as possible. So I'm pretty much weighing my options. I'm trying to see if a local shop might have the oil sandwich plate. It should have no problem sending enough oil right?

 

ttt

 

they do? mine didn't and it wasn't in the parts list.

 

since when do they come with a sandwitch plate? and how the heck will it work if the return line dosnt go back to it since its gravity fed?

just go to lowes and buy a T-fitting like i messaged you about.

 

They were talking about the oil feed line, not the return.

 

be patient and take your time dont home depot this kit... try superchargersonline.com i bought a used kit and had so misc peices missing and the had everything i needed

 

My suggestion for an oil filter sandwich is the MOC-SP1FT Mocal Sandwich Plate- 20mm; cost is $94.69. Their link is: http://www.racerpartswholesale.com/mocal.htm

This unit has a thermostat which can be used with an oil cooler.

 

no to my recollection.......I bought a brand new kit that came with like 4 fittings that tap into the oil pressure sender sensor location.

 

Okay my new dilemma is finding the damn 9/16" holesaw. I've looked pretty much everywhere (lowes, ace hardware, true value, home depot, etc etc... Any locals have one I can use?! Or know where to get one? I'm allllmost finished.

 

I recently broke off the damn 1/8 npt adapter that goes to the t adapter putting the s/c oil feed line back on cuz it was leaking. A crappy a$$ design from the beginning. Anyway I had bought a Greddy oil sandwich block adapter for my oil temp sensor, which has 2 1/8 npt adapters, so I relocated the 1/8 npt 90 degree to it and it such a better solution. Less connections, not leaks and easier to get to.

http://www.mynismo.com/products/?id=2676

$56

12002734 GReddy Oil Block Adapter