Rexx

I recently purchased some sst mercruiser risers to delete the rust cast iron mercruiser risers. However, this prevents mounting of the oil filter unless I use a spacer on a long stud on the port side of each motor. I'd rather avoid this and mount the oil filter to the transom. Is there a good billet alternative out there to do this. It would make the engine compartment cleaner looking.

Griff

Just get a piece of 1.5-2" inch aluminum angle iron and cut it to size and drill the holes. I used actual steel and painted it and it worked fine as well, but in a salt water environment, I would use aluminum.

Rexx

In was thinking to do that, but wondered if something out there already existed before busting out my hacksaw. I would expect this to be a $15 item in Hardin marine! It'll cost me $15 in raw material at home depot. Seriously, aluminum is priced like gold at home depot, what gives?... My wallet!!

Griff

$15 from Hardin..........LOL. It'd probably be $115

Aluminum, as well as most other metals is way up in price.

You could order it precut here in the exact size and thickness that you want. http://www.midweststeelsupply.com/store/home

Rexx

Sweet!! Looks like a promising place. I haven't been able to get good raw materials since moving to s. Fl from IL.

tunertech

is aluminum angle iron a new alloy

Griff

Yep, they have a lot of stuff. I ordered some aluminum plate from them and they had the lowest price I could find online.

Yep, its a new top secret special metal. LOL

I just wanted to make sure he knew what I was referring too

bustedbrick

I used this place:

http://www.speedymetals.com/

They were very accurate with the cut to length stuff I wanted.

Home Depot is just a bad place to buy metal high prices and last time I was there, no alloy traceability. Thank you internet or else I'd be screwed out here.

Randy

Rexx

Wow...checked out the site, are their prices really that cheap?

baja_brian

I had to move my filter as well. I also fabed a bracket and went with paint (actually powder coat but I had other stuff being done so I through it in with that stuff). I know when I raised mine to clear the new exhaust, my lines were too short. I had to tig a few inches into the stock oil line. I would have just made a new line but ran into a problem on the stock oil cooler fitting. The stock oil cooler had a double flared fitting and I couldn’t get a single flare to seal on the cooler?

Griff...did you have that issue?