Hello,

I have the stock coolant tank that I bought and I was wondering if anyone has found some brackets at the local hardware store that would be good for mounting the tank or if they have created their own out of random parts. Any ideas welcome. Thanks in advance.
-Nate

 

Bump

 

stock tank, made a bracket that you cant see from a small alluminum bar 1" wide ( kinda looks like a [ bolted to the bottom of the bracket and to the engine compartment) and the part of the tank that has the hole and arm is on the bracket that held my stock air box in, that the sc cars dont utilize stock

the coolant hose is now routed under, so its gravity feed, that picture was right after i installed it

 

Thanks for the response. Any idea where I could possibly find that piece?

 

Its 1" wide aluminum bar I cut and bent in a vise

 

Alright. I'm thinking I will just buy various aluminum bars, plates and such to see what I can come with haha.

 

Now ur thinking

 

I did the same. Just took a thin sheet of aluminum, cut it, bent it in the vise, drilled my holes and painted em

 

where would you buy the stock tank or whatever from?

 

Looks like that's the way to go then. Thanks for the help guys, appreciate it.

Got mine from someone on here. You could also: Buy OTTPs Option B kit, get part number and buy from stealership, find any wrecked cobalt in a junkyard and get it there.

 

i just used some random metal scraps i found when i was like ehhh zip ties looks ghetto, lmao

 

I use ZZP's bracket for my Option B tank.

 

Meh it's kinda pricy and I'm cheap, to a degree hah. Does look nice though.

 

Quick question, where could I buy the restrictor that goes in the air bleed line?

 

Create engine depot

 

This.

 

Napa. Beats waiting and paying shipping. Or make one. The hole is .040

 

I'll look at Nspa first, then crate engine. Is it .040 of an inch? Also, would modifying the tank to be flow through be more beneficial than just having the tank there for added coolant?

 

This, don't know why you'd buy from CED just that piece alone, it'll cost 10 bucks by the time you're done. Napa sells a whole + of different sizes just go in and look for barb restrictor or ask someone there they won't try to look it up on the computer like autozone

Not really, unless you plan on having a monkey in the bay to throw ice in it every minute

 

Made my own

 

Good point hah. Not too many Napas around but I'm an Autozone guy so I will be going there first.

Looks nice, I will be doing some mock ups when the tank gets here. Thanks for the pics!

 

Could someone post up a link or picture of what exactly the barb restrictor is? Having trouble finding it. Also, where does it go in relation to the plumbing? Closer to the tank or near the bleed hole on the stock heat exchanger?

 

You really dont need it^

 

Just going to make my own now, simple and fast. I got a sheet of aluminum but I was wondering what your process was in making your brackets. Do I cut the little notch out for where the tank mounts and then bend it? Also in that picture the mount on the left side closer to the tank, what does that piece look like?

 

Fail. You do.