What small oil filter - exhaust clearance

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s13b
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Post Mon Apr 22, 2013 10:17 am

I have a set of tubular exhaust manifolds for my m20b25, offered them up for fitting at the weekend and had some clearance issues on the oil filter and a couple of the studs.
The studs wont be a problem but need to find an oil filter that is shorter in length but fits the standard thread. I realise this will mean more frequent oil changes but thats fine.

Does anyone have any experience of this or know of any filters that will be shorter with the same thread? I think it will need to be at least 25mm shorter but more would be better.

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Post Mon Apr 22, 2013 1:47 pm

You realise that the filter head can be rotated on the block?