Big cam oil pan/ oil cooler line issues

I have a new engine to put into my truck. I did not take into account that the original accessories on the truck were set up for a set forward axle. My truck has a set-back front axle, so I need to switch the oil pan from a rear sump to a front sump for clearance issues.

I have another engine that I can get the oil pan from. The problem that I'm having is that the oil coolers are different and the lines are set up differently

Here is the engine that is going in


Here is the engine that I will take the pan from.


You can see that the new engine has one line coming from the bottom of the pan to the oil cooler. The other engine is set up differently. Here are my questions

1) the line that comes from the oil pan on the rear sump, is that a pressure line or drain line?

2) if you look at the front sump oil pan, there is a pipe plug in there. Can the line from the oil cooler on the new engine run to that pipe plug? If not, how can I run the line?

 

So what you are saying is that I have to use the oil cooler from the other engine in order to be able to use the front sump oil pan from that engine.

That will solve the problem?

 

@pup

Okay let me make sure I understand what you are saying to me.

You are saying that on my new engine that currently has the rear sump, if I put the oil pan on from the other engine that has the front sump I can delete the second line that runs down to the oil pan and use the same single filter oil cooler without any oil pressure problems.

 

Actually the new engine that I have is a new block, but the oil pan and cooler lines were all set up the way that you see them on the truck that I used to run.

The engine with the two filters is a big cam 3 engine in a truck that I'm not using right now. So I can swap the oil pans but I didn't know what to do with the oil lines.

On the big cam 3 engine there is a 2 Bolt line that goes to the front of the oil pan. It is 1 solid steel line. I figured I would have to take the oil pump from the big cam 3 and put it onto this new engine along with the front sump oil pan. You are correct the oil pump that is on my new engine is a threaded type and I can see it's a different connection.

 

Thank you for the advice.

I absolutely will do that.