If you install the sandwich adapter between the block and the
oil filter on your engine, as the engine is configured in the last picture, you will be extending the total length from block face to end of filter an extra 1-1/4". The adapter can be mounted and sealed any direction you want the outlet and inlet fittings to point, with the actual fittings being rotated within the adapter to suit your specific needs. There should not be any interference other than the close exposure to the header pipes which looks like they would heat up the filter itself quite a bit, but hell, thats the way they designed it.
Is that car front wheel drive?