Aluminum Coolant Reservoir

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So Cal Mark

Aluminum Coolant Reservoir

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I finally have sourced another coolant reservoir for the Spider. It's a polished billet aluminum tank that mounts on the stock mounting studs. While it doesn't come with the brass fitting in the bottom, those are available at any parts store.
These will be in my ebay store later tonite and on my website in a day or two. $75 ea.

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Turbofiat124
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Re: Aluminum Coolant Reservoir

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I made one from a Marvel's Mystery oil can. At the time I was running a Joe Serra turbo system and the stock tank wouldn't fit. After building System II, this freed up more space but decided to just leave the can rather than install the original tank.

The mounting tabs are copper sheet metal I soldered to the can. I also soldered a brass fitting and drain plug in the bottom.

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Re: Aluminum Coolant Reservoir

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Very clever!
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