SLC Coolant Tank Group Buy?

[Dave Lindemann]

Did you earmark one for me? I can either pick it up, or you can come out to see the disaster I've made of my garage.

There's one here with your name on it - I'd love to see your car .....and what you've done with your garage!

Dave L

 

[Dave Lindemann]

Dave - Please check your PM's, I need your mailing address.

Thanks,
Dave L

Me thinks me needs me one of those.

 

[Ben]

You do realize that it appears as if you are talking to yourself in your last post?

 

[Dave Lindemann]

Stranger things have happened ;-)

You do realize that it appears as if you are talking to yourself in your last post?

 

[Ben]

......

 

[Dave]

Dave - Please check your PM's, I need your mailing address.

Thanks,
Dave L

PM sent.
Dumb me responded to the automated e-mail that the forum sends out.

 

[Dave Lindemann]

Folks - All of the tanks have now been spoken for. I will not be producing more. However, I will make the CAD file available and provide a parts/supplier list. Perhaps someone else will be interested in organizing a group purchase since doing a single tank is somewhat cost prohibitive.

Fran - If you see this I'd be happy to provide you with the details if you'd like to offer this tank as an option.

Best regards,
Dave L

 

[Doc Kaler]

Dave,

Just received the tank and it looks great! Thanks!

 

[JD]

Also got mine yesterday. Looks great. The only problem is that it is missing the part that it mounts to .... oh, wait - that's the SLC!
Thanks, Dave.

 

[Dave Lindemann]

Thanks guys - I'm very glad to hear that you're happy with the quality of the tank.

Dave L

 

[Troy Truglio]

I got mine. Looks good. I will figure out which lines go where once I get my car next month and start on it. Does it just take a standard 1 bar pressure cap that I can get from Autozone/pepeboys/trackauto ? Part number anyone?

 

[Bill]

Yup, the workmanship and welding looks great!

Since there are no mounting tabs, I guess it's up to us to figure that out and weld on the mounting points.

I think I'll weld threaded standoffs on the back of the tank. That will keep the clean look and provide a small air space to reduce the thermal transfer thru the firewall and into the back of my head.:sunny:

 

[Ruth]

Since there are no mounting tabs, I guess it's up to us to figure that out and weld on the mounting points.

/QUOTE]

I think the intent was to screw it to the bulkhead via the flanges around the edges, no?

 

[Dave Lindemann]

Since there are no mounting tabs, I guess it's up to us to figure that out and weld on the mounting points.

/QUOTE]

I think the intent was to screw it to the bulkhead via the flanges around the edges, no?

Yup, that's the idea.

Dave L

 

[Bill]

Yup, that's what I assumed as well. However, on the tank I received, there is not enough flange around the edges to drill even a small mounting hole.

So I welded these threaded standoffs on the firewall side of the tank. I figured that would look better than trying to weld some addition aluminum flange material along the sides so flush mount holes could be drilled.

 

[Allan]

10-32 bolts in 5 places fit on the flange without hitting the weld.

 

[Dave Lindemann]

Allan - That looks great! Thanks for posting the mounting photo.

Folks, remember there's very little stress on the mounting screws other than the weight of the tank and coolant. The screws can be relatively small and 4 or 5 should be plenty.

Bill - Your tank won't go anywhere!

Dave L

10-32 bolts in 5 places fit on the flange without hitting the weld.

 

[Dave Lindemann]

I've been intending to post this for some time now - I apologize for the delay. Here are the parts and the process of having the coolant tanks fabricated:

Tank fittings -
summitracing.com
Billet aluminum filler neck: CTR-80-092 $19.95
1/4 NPT Female Weld Fitting: EAR-996702ERL $5.95
-4 Male Weld Fitting: EAR- 997104ERL $7.99
3/4 Barb Fitting: MEZ-WPM34U $18.79
5/8 Barb Fitting: MEZ-WPM58U $18.79

Aluminum (water jet cut):
emachineshop.com
Material = 5052 aluminum, .093" thickness
$650.89 or $43.39/tank (15 tanks) NOTE - Price varies by quantity.

Welding
(Metals Joining Lab (952-881-5118)
$75/tank

Metal forming = $26.67/tank (15 tanks) (through Metals Joining Lab)

Shipping
$5.92/tank (components + aluminum)

Total = $222.45/tank

I'm unable to upload the .ems file for the aluminum tank components - if you want the file please pm me and I'll send it to you. Be aware - the cost for a single tank is high.

Regards,
Dave L

 

[Brian Kissel]

Hi Dave

I received the tank, and it looks great. Thanks for stepping up and having these built.

Kindest Regards
Brian

 

[Ben]

I also received my tank, and it does look wonderful. Thanks for putting forth the effort Dave. We all appreciate it very much.