Correct oil retun pipe/line for a 6 conversion? Options

[moparrob]

My donor engine for my 6 conversion came from a '79 3.0 liter, and had this return line on it.

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As far as I can tell, this originally came on a 73-74 911, but was on my engine since it had SSI heat exchangers.

My question is: can I use this on my 6 conversion with a stock 914-6 oil tank or will I need a different hard line? I'm running Marty's MSDS headers on my engine - no heat exchangers.

If I need a different one, which one is the proper line?

Any suggestions on where to buy the complete line setup (I have none other than the hard line) including a thermostat? I heard that Mocal makes one with -12 fittings, which is what my oil tank has welded on it.

Thanks in advance.

Rob

[brp986s]

One way to find out - try to mount it and see what happens. But I think you'l have a hard time dodging the headers, shift rod, and oil supply line.

Elephant racing and Patrick motorsports address this. But I don't think there is a front-to-back bolt-on solution to this problem. When I did this I welded/modified various 911 hard lines. I even modeled some dryer goose neck gas line from home depot, bent it by hand, then brought it to a tubing bender shop for them to reproduce. Worked out great, but when I picked it up they said they lost money on the deal. If I showed up there again I think they'd release the hounds.

If you have the SSIs and hard line I may buy them from you for my 911.