STR I/C coolant tank mounting
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STR I/C coolant tank mounting
ok so i had the front off my car for a wile now , doing various repairs after running over a fairly solid wild animal . witch ran out in front of me and ended up as cat food . the repairs are coming along well .
any way i found an un used space in my str . in witch are very few and far between .
whilst upgrading the I/C coolant pump to a bosch 010 pump
i was keen to increase the coolant capacity for the I/C cooling circuit as well.
so i done a bit of measuring and made a dummy cardboard tank to fit the space under the air box ! took it round to a mates place and he basically turned my cardboard tank in to 4mm alloy .
i drilled no holes in the car and mounted the tank with holes that already existed . and directly above the tank is a hole/provision to run the inlet and outlet coolant pipes through back to the engine bay !
i still have to weald the 18mm right angle hose tails to the tank , but thats all that remains to complete the tank. it fits snug and clears all components around it . i was going to ad a mount strap also to the lower front guard/wing bolt . but it is mounted so solid & sturdy how it is i will just leave it as it is .
what i ended up with is this . its exactly 4.04 liters capacity
any way i found an un used space in my str . in witch are very few and far between .
whilst upgrading the I/C coolant pump to a bosch 010 pump
i was keen to increase the coolant capacity for the I/C cooling circuit as well.
so i done a bit of measuring and made a dummy cardboard tank to fit the space under the air box ! took it round to a mates place and he basically turned my cardboard tank in to 4mm alloy .
i drilled no holes in the car and mounted the tank with holes that already existed . and directly above the tank is a hole/provision to run the inlet and outlet coolant pipes through back to the engine bay !
i still have to weald the 18mm right angle hose tails to the tank , but thats all that remains to complete the tank. it fits snug and clears all components around it . i was going to ad a mount strap also to the lower front guard/wing bolt . but it is mounted so solid & sturdy how it is i will just leave it as it is .
what i ended up with is this . its exactly 4.04 liters capacity
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no it won't its not actually under the air box.
its more forward . under the head light really . the tank is actually in front of/or mounted to the front of the radiator support beam , as in the most forward part of the dew98 platform . on the outer side of the chassis .
it can't block that on mine any way . as it has the mina cold air box and a pod .
i know what you think of those but but i purchased the car with a hot air intake kit ! ha .
so no air box came with the car . my best value for money defense from hot air was the mina partition , which with some bending and radiator foam around its perimeters is a well sealed box . trust me .
this photo will help under stand the positioning better i think .
this is looking striate down through the air box . as you can see no tank is directly below the air box .
its more forward . under the head light really . the tank is actually in front of/or mounted to the front of the radiator support beam , as in the most forward part of the dew98 platform . on the outer side of the chassis .
it can't block that on mine any way . as it has the mina cold air box and a pod .
i know what you think of those but but i purchased the car with a hot air intake kit ! ha .
so no air box came with the car . my best value for money defense from hot air was the mina partition , which with some bending and radiator foam around its perimeters is a well sealed box . trust me .
this photo will help under stand the positioning better i think .
this is looking striate down through the air box . as you can see no tank is directly below the air box .
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Datsports (09-12-2016)
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so the tank in mounted , plumbed , and bleed . i intercepted the return pipe from the charge cooler to the intercooler . had to buy about $150 worth of pipes to get the bends.
i used gates heater hose joiners were necessary.
i also added a bleeder to the tank along with a drain bung .
if i were to do it again id just run two pipes along the underside of the alloy bumper beam.(one) across to the i/c pump out let and the other to the charge cooler supply pipe.
but that would have been too easy .
i fitted my 101 bosch I/C pump ,this thing is one heck of a pump . it makes the old hella pump look some what inferior . i also added a reservoir to separate my I/C circuit from my engine coolant circuit as well. i swapped my main reservoir hoses for a new NA s type v8 pipe set to eliminate the I/C filler pipe . and have left a spare pipe on the i/c reservoir so i can exchange pressure to the i/c circuit from the original bleed nipple on the main reservoir if i feel the need . but with four extra liters in the i/c circuit i don't think it will be necessary . here is a few shots of the plumbing .
i used gates heater hose joiners were necessary.
i also added a bleeder to the tank along with a drain bung .
if i were to do it again id just run two pipes along the underside of the alloy bumper beam.(one) across to the i/c pump out let and the other to the charge cooler supply pipe.
but that would have been too easy .
i fitted my 101 bosch I/C pump ,this thing is one heck of a pump . it makes the old hella pump look some what inferior . i also added a reservoir to separate my I/C circuit from my engine coolant circuit as well. i swapped my main reservoir hoses for a new NA s type v8 pipe set to eliminate the I/C filler pipe . and have left a spare pipe on the i/c reservoir so i can exchange pressure to the i/c circuit from the original bleed nipple on the main reservoir if i feel the need . but with four extra liters in the i/c circuit i don't think it will be necessary . here is a few shots of the plumbing .
Last edited by Datsports; 09-27-2016 at 12:50 AM.
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