fill up tanks for front radiators?

pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 6 Mar 2007, 2:04 pm

#577282

I'm seriously considering moving my rad to the front of my buggy. Just did some measuring and it all fits.

Who makes the filling tanks with the overflow style lid and all?

How much are they?

Also, is it ok to have the fan shroud and fans in front of the rad? I've seen it in a few race cars. would it work ok on a road car?

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1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 6 Mar 2007, 5:29 pm

#577308

Hi

On my old yellow bug with the Wasserboxer I used the stock bottle, you can see it this picture.

The front mount would help a bit with distribution.

Steve

pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 6 Mar 2007, 5:41 pm

#577313

I think I am a bit confused. When you say the stock bottle, does that mean that you have the bottle as the rear filling point?

I can see the overflow bottle, is the round one in the back the filling bottle?

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1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 6 Mar 2007, 6:20 pm

#577321

Hi Peter

The one in the middle with the radiator cap is the fill point, the other one on the left is an early Passat overflow bottle.

Seagul made some nice looking ones for Paul & Jaks cars.

Steve

pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 6 Mar 2007, 6:56 pm

#577330

cool, love a production component. I've have to have a look at the wreckers.

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THUDKNUCKLE Officially Full-On Dubber

224 posts · joined Apr 2005 · 7 Mar 2007, 9:21 am

#577427

i made my overflow tank out of 100mm copper piping 🙂 it holds arounnd 600ml looks good painted and with a bib polished cap on top i can send you a few pics if you like 🙂 pretty simple design and pretty compact

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pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 7 Mar 2007, 12:03 pm

#577451

thanks mate, got an overflow bottle already.

Steve, when you say help with the distribution, did you mean heat or weight?

I hoping moving the rad will cure all my freeway heat problems and help weight distribution a bit too. It means I can get rid of the bonnet off the back, trim the rear cage a bit and have somewhere to carry tyres when I go to racing event or out for a long trip too.

I'm thinking about moving the battery forward too, and maybe even changing over to an Lbug box. The kombi box is good for big tyres and climbing but the motor has plenty of torque and the Lbug has better ratios for racing....and cheaper than a 2l box. 😉

DO you know if an 1800 (215mm) clutch will fit into an Lbug belhousing?

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1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 7 Mar 2007, 1:32 pm

#577465

Hi Peter

I meant distribution, front 2 rear. You may also look into moving the L bug box forward as far as you can, this will also help

I had a 215 pressure plate in my L bug box, it did need a very slight lick to clear the bell housing, from memory it was one of the rivets that hit.

Steve

Kombicol Officially Full-On Dubber

211 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 7 Mar 2007, 5:11 pm

#577506

Hi Pete,

You will definately need some sort of burp tank in the engine bay. I originally plumbed the radiator straight to the engine on my bus and had trouble getting the system bled properly, and with air occasionally accumulating in the high point resulting in a hydraulically locked system - No flow.

I now have a ~1L COR tank with radiator cap and no issues.

pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 9 Mar 2007, 3:25 pm

#577766

just talked to some guys this morning. apparently EL falcons and late barinas have a fill tank and no radiator cap, So i'll be looking at them too.

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