TimC
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| posted on 1/8/09 at 06:45 PM |
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1300 x-flow - what header tank?
Evenin' All
The header tank on my racer is an unknown item but is mounted on a bracket which is mounted on another bracket and its massive so I've removed
it.
Is there something OEM which is easy to fit and looks tidy before I get one made in Ali?
Thanks
TC
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big_wasa
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| posted on 1/8/09 at 06:46 PM |
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rover 100 is nice and tidy and easy to mount
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myeates
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| posted on 1/8/09 at 08:05 PM |
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used a lotus elise series 1 on mine should be pictures in my archive if not can get some very neat and not expensive and easy to fit
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Michael
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| posted on 2/8/09 at 09:30 PM |
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Mark 2 Astra for mine, but still in build stage, so not run up yet.
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Marcus
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| posted on 3/8/09 at 11:32 AM |
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Ok I've got to ask...why?
The Escort that the crossflow came out of never had a header tank because it didn't need one.
My Locost has been on the road without a header tank for 5 years now and has never overheated. The only mod to the cooling system is a Micra rad and a
thermostat housing with a cap on it.
I've been stuck in the biggest jam in St Tropez in 40°c heat and it was fine.
Marcus
Because kits are for girls!!
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Michael
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| posted on 3/8/09 at 08:38 PM |
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Im only going that way as my radiator sits lower then the thermostat housing.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 3/8/09 at 08:52 PM |
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Originally the x-flow managed with an air-gap at the top of the radiator, and an overflow pipe to the road. However my rad's quite low, so I
set up my x-flow with a basic overflow tank, as described by Dave Andrews:
LINKY
He's talking about a Pinto, but the principle's the same.
I used a header tank from a Daihatsu saloon, found in a scrappy - just the right size, and tidy.
The pressure cap and overflow pipe is now on the thermostat housing (ex. Fiesta, I think).
I've only had it throw water out once, just after filling the system, when I had an airlock. Since then (touch wood) it's been fine.
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clbarclay
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| posted on 6/8/09 at 09:28 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MarcusThe Escort that the crossflow came out of never had a header tank because it didn't need
one.
The escorts did have a header tank and quite litterally the tank was at the "head" of the radiator. With the packaging constraints of
modern cars (or kit cars), remote header tanks have become much more common.
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Marcus
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| posted on 6/8/09 at 11:26 AM |
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quote:
The escorts did have a header tank and quite litterally the tank was at the "head" of the radiator. With the packaging constraints of
modern cars (or kit cars), remote header tanks have become much more common.
Good point 
Marcus
Because kits are for girls!!
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