Oil filter clearance

I began lowering the motor into the 944s engine bay last weekend.  Well the farther you lower it the more items you have to remove.  It is currently in position and bolted to the torque tube.  I think that if you made allowances with wiring and plumbing it would be possible to change a clutch in the future by moving the engine forward instead of the fiasco that occurs on a stock 944.  There is a large amount of room in front of the motor compared to the original engine.  So on to the topic of this post.  You will find that the oil filter will land right on the top of the steering rack.  Aah crap...that's what went through my mind.  So I removed the filter and lowered it to the right height.  While there isn't enough room for the stock filter there does appear to be room for a part made by Trans Dapt.  The part number is 1413.  They call it a 90 degree oil bypass adapter. Here is what it looks like.

You wont find the AAN listed in the applications guide, but cross referencing the AAN oil filter over to units that are listed in the guide indicates which model to use.  Turns out that the Audi uses a Ford oil filter.  I thought that was funny for some reason.  So the plan for oil filtration at this point is to relocate the filter while retaining the factory cooler and turbo connection points.  The filter will mount onto either these two items.

The 1028 vertical filter mount

or the 1045 horizontal filter mount

At this point I would imagine that I will be using the 1045, but I'll leave that decision until later.