Front sway bar mount

There is not much room in front of the V8 in the engine bay once the accessories and radiator have been installed. The factory mounting location for the front sway bar places it right into the crankshaft pulley on the engine. It has to be moved forward or find a custom sway bar that would clear. I chose to move the bar forward. Using a set of reinforced mounts from FlyinMiata, I moved the mounts forward enough for the bar to clear the engine accessories. The mounts were then welded and bolted into place.

Driver side mount in position:



Mount installed (I know, ugly welds but it works)

Remote oil filter

Next up was finding a home for the remote oil filter. Decided on placing it in front of the radiator behind the front bumper. As long as I don't hit anything really hard it should be ok. (If I hit something hard enough to damage the mount/lines, I think an oil leak would be the least of my worries!)

Some pics (note you can also see the power steering cooler also in the head on picture):

Headers...uh oh

Something is wrong here...can you see it? Yep the "custom fit" headers hit the steering column. After speaking with the header builder it was decided the best solution would be to dimple the header since they would need the car to design a new header. They are not local so I couldn't supply the car. I was worried about damaging the ceramic coating but was told it should hold up and after heating with a torch and a few hits with a hammer & impact socket, it seems to have done the trick. We shall see.