coolant recovery tank...

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  1. 71gold

    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    finally got some pics of the tank I made.
    tank body is 10" long, 2" aluminized exhaust pipe.
    bottom is a 350 chevy cam plug...looks like a 2- 3/16" freeze plug.
    top neck is the gas tank neck from a 1972 chevy C 10 pickup.
    cap is from same tank neck.
    ports are a 1/4" steel coupler cut in half.
    bottom (in) fitting is 1/4" X 5/16" brass barbed fitting.
    top (vent/overflow) fitting is 1/4" X 5/16" brass barbed fitting.
    the mounting brack is a bracket I found at the shop that had two holes in it. plug welded on in one of the holes in the bracket.
    powder coated with a Summit sticker stuck on it.

    the second pic is also a good one of the new fan shroud I made and Volvo fan I install earlier.
     

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  2. mojo

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    Nice work Frank! Looks real good!
     
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    Very sanitary! :bouncy:
     
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    Looks good! I am envious of how much space you have... had to offset my shroud.
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    thanks...
    it was powder coated inside also.
    the RC-107 kit gives you all the room you will ever need.
    I offset the fan on my shroud to give my bottom rad hose a little more clearance.
     

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    What Volvo fan U have? The LS block must be shorter than SBF, why so much more room between fan assembly & water pump pulley? U need 2 sensors for the system to activate hi/low speeds?
    Why U switch from Taraus fan to Volvo -- expirmentation?
     
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    Had to offset mine too! I think most all w/ SBF has to offset to clear w/p pulley.
     
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    The Volvo fan uses the same motor as the Taurus and the whole package is a cleaner look because you can make your own shroud.
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    You use the Volvo relay...it has low fan and high fan sensor wires.
    on my MSD Atomic EFI it has signals for a #1 fan and #2 fan. they are ground signals for relays so I just wired them to the Volvo relay's low #1... high #2. what I liked about the Volvo fan is it's separate from the shroud, that way I could make my own.
    what you can't see in the pic is...the fan blades stick 3/4" through the shroud. it worked for me because I wanted my new shroud 2" deep. the Champion shroud I had with the Champion fan was 3/4" deep. in this pic the fan hub and half of the blades are sticking through the shroud.
    on the Taurus fan I had to run two sensors...one for low and one for high (w/Volvo relay). also had to cut down it's shroud.
     

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    It appears you have the straight blade version, if you can find the curved version they seem to draw more air.
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    there are several factors to consider in choosing and installing an electric fan.
    the radiator mounted fans (with the plastic ties) you have a dead spot in the center of the fan caused by the fan motor. that's why I chose to build a shroud to set the fan back 1.25" off the radiator core. I think most stock factory fans come in a full shroud.
    a fan can only pull as much air (CFMs) as the radiator core (2 3 or 4 row), condenser, inner cooler, trans cooler ets. will allow.
    a fan trying to pull more than whats allowed will over heat drawing way more amps than normal.
    an electric fan company doesn't even recommend using an electric fan on a 4 row radiator...with or without A/C.
    "bigger is not better"
    my setup is an A/C condenser with a 2 row aluminum radiator. with my full fan shroud the straight blade fan I have is pulling about the max air (CFM) it can through my setup.
     
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    The overflow tank fits that space really nice. Nice job.
     
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