🔧 Enhanced Engine Performance: Trans-Dapt Performance 1113 Oil Filter Relocation System Review

With several hose clamps and high temperature pipe thread lubricant this kit works great. I installed my 2014 RAM 1500's filter on the front bumper bracket. Brilliant!

The two brackets (motor side and filter side) are well made. The supplied hoses are not included in the scope of delivery. I'm skeptical about threaded nipples that are inserted into hoses. Before I install the device, I go to a local hose supplier who makes heavier gauge hoses for me.

I like this set. The stock oil filter on my 2004 Toyota Tacoma TRD is located on the lower left of the crankcase. It's hard to reach and not easy to get out of, especially if you don't have a hole to work with. I installed this kit and moved my filter to the right of the engine to the left of the intake manifold. It looks cool and it's so easy to access my filter now.

Did not fit my 01 Lexus RX300 with the same engine as the same year Highlander. The adapter plate screws onto the oil filter port but does not fully seat as the Lexus engine has a longer port that comes out of the cylinder block. Exactly the same engine is used in the Toyota Highlander, I'm told. Contacted Trans-Dapt to see if they make an adapter block for a longer fit but no luck.

I installed it on a 1970 Triumph Spitfire and you can see how it worked on my YouTube channel - bobeaseshop. The drain holes on most oil filters allow the filter to be drained (face up) and you'll start your engine and fill up your filter before you get oil pressure and it will wreck your engine. Get it and be done with this problem! It needs to be installed correctly, and it's easy to get it wrong, so pay attention.

Before I start, I don't use stock barbed hoses or adapters. I use -10AN to NPT fittings and a -10AN hose. That is not the problem. The problem is that the oil filter adapter plate doesn't fit the 1.8 liter Volkswagen engine from the '92 Golf that I'm trying to connect it to. The Trans-Dapt website and the box it came in says the 1113 is a kit for this engine. I am trying to contact Trans-Dapt to see if there is anything they can do about this. If you can, I'll revise my review. TL; DR - Kit…

Looks well made, fits great. The only problem is that it is important that the hoses do not kink. With that in mind, I believe there should be an option for appropriately sized barbed hose connectors when purchasing. After installing my line I had to uninstall. Then look for suitable fittings. I hit all the local stores. I'm hoping some of the ones I've ordered here from Revain will fit. The inner diameter of the hose is 16 mm. Spikes on fittings 5/8. With a quality cord, it fits snugly and is…