It will have a way to mount it. I should have the first one in a few weeks.

 

thats a horrible argument, the setup doesnt work equally both ways because they are setup different. The coolant heat exchanger holds alot more fluid and cools the fluid a hell of alot faster than the laminova cores can heat the fluid up. Also as soon as your out of boost the coolant is being cooled, with is prolly something like 99% of the time the car is on. The only time it is being heated up is under WOT. With this much fluid in the car you would pretty much have to be actually racing the car on a road coarse to heat the fluid up to what the intake temps are.

 

ummm WTF?

 

well if it fits the cobalt then it will fit the redline since they have twice as much space under the hood.

 

what about a larger distance between the resivoir and the rest of the system, just like longer lines and what not

 

Yea, we have tons of room on that side of the car.......

 

I'm not sure we're talking about the same thing. I'm talking about a reservoir (a tank), not another heat exchanger.

see above

 

doesn't matter...it's the added capacity that's the point...

Feel free to post a pic of the cobra i/c reservoir you're talking about.

 

longer line distance WOULD add more capacity. you'll have to fill that distance with more coolant

 

I thought you were saying would the longer lines be a problem with cooling which they won't...and yes adding longer lines would add capacity 3/4" X distance in capacity whatever that equates to.

Also...was doing some research and saw the stock cobra reservoir is 1 quart vs. aftermarket solutions that are 1 gallon. Gotta show me a pic.

 

pi x(r)squared x height

1 ft of 3/4 inch hose equals 5.301 cubic inches or .0868 liters. 11.5 ft of hose equals a liter

http://www.modularfords.com/forums/s...d.php?t=111717

 

Fast98 i would be interested in that tank if you come out with it soon.

 

Update on my cooling mod: Me and my friend went searching at the junkyard today and i ended up getting this tank. I forgot what car it is out of but it is larger than the stock engine coolant tank and the hatrickstu one. It has an inlet for 3/4 inch but I had to drill another one in. I shouldnt have any problems with them both being on the bottom like this should i?

 

That's the same one I saw...looks like the size of the ls tank which seems small. If I'm going to lay out money for this one it's gotta be a whopper of a tank. I think stu was using a gallon jug. The stock coolant tank would be great so I guess we're going to be doing a little drilling.

Ideally I'd think you'd want the coolant from the manifold to drop in up top and pull back through the system on the bottom so that it can cool somewhat, at least that's what I'm going to attempt to do.

 

how about a 5gallon bucket mounted in the trunk of the car. with all the fittings and pump and what not. that way. HUGE ass capacity, and longer lines...

 

It's really not that much, I got one $30 shipped. Stu is using a 1.5 qt tank, not a gallon. The cobra reservoir holds just under one qt.

 

The one i got ( in the picture) is definitely bigger than STU's and the stock one by far. It was just a PITA to find the fittings. Ended up going to lowes and home depot.

 

Which is double the capacity of the stock system..................as I said, I am going to mount it up for now, after I get the oil leaked fixed, today. Then when something better comes along that doesnt look like the back yard Ricer mod, I will install that. Lines will already have been run, and inlets/outlets are molded in, nothing to leak.

 

Back yard ricer mod? I'm sorry but this looks a lot better than *other* reservoir tanks. This is the exact thing it was made for. It doesn't have glue and crap around the inlet/outlet and the cap even says intercooler.

 

Uh, I was refering to the other cooland tanks....the cobra one actually looks somewhat stock, got mine mounted up today, just gotta run the lines this next Friday. Local store was out of hose........

 

You have any pics of it riot? Do you know the size? I started setting up the tank i got from the junkyard but was wondering if i should run the cobra one.

 

I like my back yard ricer mod.

 

I would have to go out and take some pics...............will do that in the daylight tommorrow. The hoses again arent ran yet, but you would get the ideal. I think its the way to go for now. It doubles the capacity, plus whatever the hoses give you, gets rid of that stupid fill neck, and has the pressurized cap. If it only had a 1/4" outlet on it, you could run that back to the bleeder whole in the intercooler........

There's nothing wrong with it, just doesnt look all that good, its cheap to do, if you did it yourself...................

I just wouldnt trust the glued on fittings...........although I am sure they will work fine.......


I am going to talk with the machinest at work on Monday, see what he may be able to come up with for me...............

 

I posted a way to get away from all the glue and be leak free in the Hatrikstu's cooling mod thread. Mine has been on a while now without one single issue.

 

I read your install Jim but its kinda confusing. you kept the stock filler neck but what extra tank did you use?