[silvermazda]

Main point of thread:
-As the title states, which ones do you have? And where? Stock location, on the driver's side?
In the middle?

My ideas:
-nalgene bottle!
-erlenmyer flask(500ml) with rubber stopper.
It'll be placed over something to absorb shock, because it'll be glass, what do you guys think?

both will be places near the passenger firewall for weight distribution. And in both ideas I'll use a long clear piece of tubing.

I prefer the flask as it's at home with chemicals/coolant.

 

[It's Ryan.]

This is a good idea, i wanna see cool **** filled with coolant ****

 

[2ndGearRubber]

I have an idea. Instead of putting glass in your engine bay, try the plastic piece mazda gave you with the car.

The fail is strong with this one. :fp:

 

[phillyb™]

i'd like to see something like this

with one of the level tubes

 

[ScarfaceThe91]

I've always wondered if that Moroso piece is heavier than the stock reservoir? I would assume so being metal/aluminum.

 

[silvermazda]

@phillyb: I would like to, but I believe that's 150$ and for that I can get much more coool ****. Like a steering wheel, hollow spokes, or money towards a nardi, rollbar, ect.

 

[chewy]

I love the Erlenmeyer flask idea. It might heat up too quickly for the glass' tolerance though.

 

[bigx5murf]

i'd like to see something like this

with one of the level tubes

me too

 

[imput1234]

I got a Mishimoto one with a custom bracket.

 

[Ironmantrev]

Good timing on this thread as I was thinking of relocating mine. I'm getting ready to install and Autexe CAI and repalce my current windshild washer tank with a Nopro/Cappachino one in the Wiper cowl area. The more I se the tucked and cleaned up engine bays here, the more I want my 2001 to loook like them. I was thinking along the lines of a stainless water bottle or nalgene and tuck it up in front of the radiator on the passenger side of the car. Was thinking that along with it being out of sight for a cleaner looking bay, it may also be better for cooling. Don't know if that wouuld be a benefit or not. Does the bottle need to be any specific size to hold a certain amount of fluid? If so does anyone know what that size would be? Please keep posting more pictures and ideas.

 

[silvermazda]

I'd say it's about 2 cups (guess only, and yes it's been killing me to not know)
or ~600ml. I'm going with a 500ml and underfilling it (450ml).

My guess is that it's only to catch those oz that get pushed out once the radiator warms up, and also to prevent air from coming in, and maybe a little reserve, but for that I'll carry a bit somewhere else as a ballast

and don't forget that it might need a second hole for breathing, so when it pushes/pulls fluid it doesn't pressurizes/vacuums the container.

 

[silvermazda]

Today I saw some ad about an engine additive. Who cares what it was, but it was in a erlenmyer-like bottle and plastic! Score!

Any other ideas?

 

[rwd ftw!]

i'd like to see something like this

with one of the level tubes

I would love to have one of those

 

[phillyb™]

hmmmmmmmmmmmm

240 on ebay.
made for s2000. FACK
little bit of fabrication, i think this could def work, but the price is killing me.

link - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200623102025http://www.cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200623102025

 

[brontosaurus]

I love the Erlenmeyer flask idea. It might heat up too quickly for the glass' tolerance though.

If you get a proper Pyrex (or any borosilicate glass make) flask it'll be more durable than any other container for liquids inside your car. Coolant overflow temperatures are a joke compared to what beakers/etc are subjected to in the lab.

 

[phillyb™]

hmm...also looks like obx makes some

link - http://www.ebay.com/itm/160764147567

 

[phillyb™]

link - http://www.ebay.com/itm/130660643698

 

[chewy]

If you get a proper Pyrex (or any borosilicate glass make) flask it'll be more durable than any other container for liquids inside your car. Coolant overflow temperatures are a joke compared to what beakers/etc are subjected to in the lab.

I really only said that because I had an EM flask blow up in a lab a couple of weeks before I posted that. It had a hairline fracture that I didn't notice and I was heating it up with some oxidizer (probably KMnO4) and it shattered. :fp:

Definitely can't be one that's been jostled around much.

 

[brontosaurus]

I really only said that because I had an EM flask blow up in a lab a couple of weeks before I posted that. It had a hairline fracture that I didn't notice and I was heating it up with some oxidizer (probably KMnO4) and it shattered. :fp:

Definitely can't be one that's been jostled around much.

Cleaning up glass in the lab.. always good times :cry2:

 

[bigx5murf]

hmmmmmmmmmmmm

240 on ebay.
made for s2000. FACK
little bit of fabrication, i think this could def work, but the price is killing me.

link - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200623102025

I love this one