Coolant tank relocate

Sorry, not trying to hijack the thread, but...which tank is which? I have two tanks on the pass. side of my engine, one rearward and one midships. Both have pressure caps.

Thanks in advance.

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Originally posted by DannyOcean:
Sorry, not trying to hijack the thread, but...which tank is which? I have two tanks on the pass. side of my engine, one rearward and one midships. Both have pressure caps.

Thanks in advance.

The rear tank is the swirl tank that coolant circulates in. The midship tank is your overflow or coolant recovery tank

Hey Will,

What do you need all the room for? Some new monster engine? Blower? Twin turbos?


I just cut the old bracket off and tucked my two cans (in the Hall bracket) under the passenger side engine cover panel. Easy to get to (for me anyhow, as I have no rear window) and lots of access to plugs, wires, PCV system. And of course, convenient for my frequent oil top ups every couple of hours.

Will,

the hot tip is to eliminate the swirl tank and overflow tank, and install a surge tank plumbed into the suction of the water pump, such as at a water pump heater hose connection. The surge tank will have a pressure cap where fluid can be added. All air bleeds are plumbed to the surge tank as well. I suggest a minimum of two air bleeds, one at the radiator inlet or outlet and one at the high point of the system which should be the outlet of the motor.

I will be doing this to mine, I plan on converting the overflow tank into the surge tank (requires a bit of modification) so as to keep the engine bay looking reasonably oem.

Issue 116 of PI magazine has an article by John Taphorn, who has performed this mod to his cooling system.

George

Hey - I have the Hall bracket, but kind of ran out of time messing with it. How do you bolt it to the body? I see it looks like it is meant to fit where the expansion tank goes. So, what kind of bolts, how do you get to the backside, etc?

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I have two tanks on the pass. side of my engine, one rearward and one midships. Both have pressure caps.

Short tank closest to rear is the pressurized swirl tank. Longer tank twardso the front and right is the overflow tank and it should not have a pressurized cap.

John Taphorn's article is also on line:

http://www.spacecitypanteras.com/Technical/Pantera_Cooling-JTaphorn.pdf

http://www.spacecitypanteras.com/Technical/pantera_coolant_flow.jpg

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What do you need all the room for? Some new monster engine? Blower? Twin turbos?

I cut the original bracket off in the fall when I did my enginebay refinishing. I want to relocate the tanks for my 180 snakes that are on the "to do" list.
Will

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Originally posted by 4NHOTROD:
I'm looking to relocate my coolant bottles or delete the swirl tank completely. Does anyone have photos they can post to give me ideas?
I'm thinking about putting an inline pressure cap in the system and a remote overflow tank.
Will D.

Hi,

I just did a major relocation and cooling system modification to my car last year and it works. Getting the surge tank out of the high pressure side of the system and eliminating some of the twists and turns in the system helps cool these cars. I have Arizona summer desert testing to prove it and I only run a ten pound radiator cap now. You don't have to relocate the tank, but you do need to vent the upper part of the radiator back to the top of the surge tank and also get rid of the thermostat housing pipe that goes to the top of the tank. I can give you more ideas on this if you send me an e-mail. I didn't take any photos of the modification and it is hard to get photos of it once it is intalled.

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Hi,

I just did a major relocation and cooling system modification to my car last year and it works. Getting the surge tank out of the high pressure side of the system and eliminating some of the twists and turns in the system helps cool these cars. I have Arizona summer desert testing to prove it and I only run a ten pound radiator cap now. You don't have to relocate the tank, but you do need to vent the upper part of the radiator back to the top of the surge tank and also get rid of the thermostat housing pipe that goes to the top of the tank. I can give you more ideas on this if you send me an e-mail. I didn't take any photos of the modification and it is hard to get photos of it once it is intalled

wdemelo@cogeco.ca
Will D

JFFR,
I too would be very interested in what you did. Could you please e-mail me when you reply to Will? Appreciate it - Thanks!

bob@dodgecarroll.com