6 cylinder oil scavenge line, With heat exchangers Options

['73-914kid]

Quick question for those of you running heat exchangers and an external oil cooler..

What did you do for the oil scavenge line that come out of the passenger side of the engine case? I have an old pipe that someone welded a -12 AN fitting to, however it was pinched long before I ever came across the engine, and I'm looking for an alternative.

Patrick motorsports sells a line than looks exactly like mine for $160 (option 1)

My other thought was to run an AN line off the case to my thermostat at the firewall, however I don't know if there is sufficient room for this line to fit with heat exchangers and the heater boxes.

So, what have some of you done that are in this situation? I would much rather build a line myself with AN fittings than blow a bunch of cash on a rather simple oil pipe from PMS..

[CodyBFR]

It's really tough to get an AN all the way from the engine without it touching things you don't want it to. I like the Patrick part. That same part can be made by cutting up that pipe from a 2.7l 911 engine. The 2.7l 911 pipe makes a 90 degree turn and goes across the front of the engine then another 90 by the lower valve cover on what in a 914 would be the drivers side. You can cut it any place that's most appropriate for your particular line routing and weld on the right AN fitting.

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$30 brand new from Pelican.

http://www.pelicanparts.com/cgi-bin/smart/...%2533%2529%2520
(If the link doesnt work look for part# 911-107-741-11-M260)

[porschetub]

It's really tough to get an AN all the way from the engine without it touching things you don't want it to. I like the Patrick part. That same part can be made by cutting up that pipe from a 2.7l 911 engine. The 2.7l 911 pipe makes a 90 degree turn and goes across the front of the engine then another 90 by the lower valve cover on what in a 914 would be the drivers side. You can cut it any place that's most appropriate for your particular line routing and weld on the right AN fitting.

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/forums.pelicanparts.com-18130-1439937716.1.jpg)

$30 brand new from Pelican.

http://www.pelicanparts.com/cgi-bin/smart/...%2533%2529%2520
(If the link doesnt work look for part# 911-107-741-11-M260)

Did the same thing with the pipe from Pelican but had to buy case adaptor fitting male/female from Elephant Racing,still cheaper than PMS part.
I'am using all metric Cohline fitting ,but you could weld a AN adaptor as mentioned.