How to clean up engine bay?

[Flicktitty]

anyone have any small coolant overflow tanks on there s13's? i dont have room for a stocker, and the CXRacing one i have (looks like circutsports) i dont like the look/size of. looking for something like the size of a soda can. any ideas?

[dt-p88]

I like this thread, good info.

[FaLKoN240]

Originally Posted by Flicktitty

anyone have any small coolant overflow tanks on there s13's? i dont have room for a stocker, and the CXRacing one i have (looks like circutsports) i dont like the look/size of. looking for something like the size of a soda can. any ideas?

You could get the Powered by Max one?

[Pandapants]

Originally Posted by FaLKoN240

You could get the Powered by Max one?

That's a swirl pot, not an overflow tank. I actually talked to Dan about this a couple of months ago. He recommended running an oil catch for a coolant reservoir because it's a little bigger than the swirl pot and then just use the swirl pot as a swirl pot. That's what he's running too.

[codyace]

Originally Posted by Flicktitty

anyone have any small coolant overflow tanks on there s13's? i dont have room for a stocker, and the CXRacing one i have (looks like circutsports) i dont like the look/size of. looking for something like the size of a soda can. any ideas?

I had one made to about that same size. Top fitting obviously vents downward, bottom fitting (imagine a mini catch can) is where the overflow line is hooked up too.

Fits nice and snug in there, doesn't interfere with any AC stuff either

[chiboy002]

Originally Posted by Flicktitty

anyone have any small coolant overflow tanks on there s13's? i dont have room for a stocker, and the CXRacing one i have (looks like circutsports) i dont like the look/size of. looking for something like the size of a soda can. any ideas?

idk if you know Fred, with the white FC, but he has a japanese soda bottle that he uses for something along those lines. I believe its an oil catch can but it's about the size of a waterbottle but made of thick aluminum, its hard to dent.

You can have a shop weld bungs on it or drill and do it yourself, 1 in the bottom and 1 at the top.

Originally Posted by Broadfield

I did an 1/8" ABS plate that I cut to fit perfectly inside the battery tray. Then obviously cut the holes for the intercooler piping and 4 awg positive/negative battery cables. I don't have any super good pics, but this will give you some idea:

...... actually, I forgot I took some pics when I was removing everything:

Hey Toby, where do you buy your abs plastic? I bought some 1/8" thick online and it sucked. It would have so many burrs when cut and they edges wouldn't come out nice and clean

[Broadfield]

Originally Posted by chiboy002

Hey Toby, where do you buy your abs plastic? I bought some 1/8" thick online and it sucked. It would have so many burrs when cut and they edges wouldn't come out nice and clean

You are simply not putting in the effort man. After you cut with a jig saw or whatever you are using, then I go over it with 80 grit then work my way down to finer grits to get a perfect polished edge if necessary. I may start with a bench belt sander or an air sander to get the burrs off quickly. Nothing custom comes easy man. You have no idea how much time I have into the custom interior stuff I do. I might sit there and sand with a finger tip for 3 hours straight just to get a contour perfect.

Also, use a coarse blade when cutting. If you use a blade for cutting metal, it will simply melt the plastic as you are cutting it. So when I'm using a jig saw, I use a gnarly wood blade, but set the orbital action to the lowest setting and just go slow physically.... still fast speed on the trigger though. This will give you a fine cut, but not melt the plastic too much.

[chiboy002]

Originally Posted by Broadfield

You are simply not putting in the effort man. After you cut with a jig saw or whatever you are using, then I go over it with 80 grit then work my way down to finer grits to get a perfect polished edge if necessary. I may start with a bench belt sander or an air sander to get the burrs off quickly. Nothing custom comes easy man. You have no idea how much time I have into the custom interior stuff I do. I might sit there and sand with a finger tip for 3 hours straight just to get a contour perfect.

Also, use a coarse blade when cutting. If you use a blade for cutting metal, it will simply melt the plastic as you are cutting it. So when I'm using a jig saw, I use a gnarly wood blade, but set the orbital action to the lowest setting and just go slow physically.... still fast speed on the trigger though. This will give you a fine cut, but not melt the plastic too much.

thats prolly where my problem was lol
i used a metal blade and didn't really sand it, tried removing burrs with a knife but made it worse

[jusuravragecrakr]

Originally Posted by Flicktitty

anyone have any small coolant overflow tanks on there s13's? i dont have room for a stocker, and the CXRacing one i have (looks like circutsports) i dont like the look/size of. looking for something like the size of a soda can. any ideas?

i used one of those limited edition mountain dew aluminum long neck bottle for mine dont have pix right now but it actually gets a lot of attention in my super stock engine bay