[DeTomaso] alternative replacement overflow and fill tanks?

[cengles at cox.net]

Dear Tom, 

One other option exists with the technology of high perforamance automotive coatings. If the cooling tubes are not terminally rusty, then they could undergo coating with the same material used on headers. I have had all the coolant tubes in the engine bay coated inside & out, and given the number of in & outs with engines, I can testify that they don't rust. I have not yet done the long tubes under the car running fore & aft and those do show the rust cancer. The coatings could be a more economical way to go. FWIW. 

Mr. Chemistry, Chuck Engles


---- Tom Di Iulio <tomdiiulio at gmail.com> wrote:
>darn, i hate it when common sense screws up a good idea! looks like i'll be
>giving quella
>a call......
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>On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 3:03 AM, <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:
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>>In a message dated 5/10/09 19 21 25, tomdiiulio at gmail.com writes:
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>>i've done some preliminary price checks and
>>was wondering if anyone has found a more reasonably priced alternative.
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>>You'll never beat the vendor prices doing it yourself. By the time you
>>source the material, have the pipes mandrel-bent to the right shapes, and
>>beaded, and then polished, and then have tanks made with the appropriate
>>inlets, outlets, and necks on them, you will spend much more money than if
>>you just sucked it up and bought 'off the rack' from the vendors.
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>>Having said that, there are several different options available. Dennis
>>Quella sells aluminum water pipes and aluminum water bottles, for example,
>>which save a lot of weight. Different vendors sell stainless steel stuff;
>>some of the bottles are nicer-looking than others, but all are equally
>>functional.
>>
>>Metal has gone up in price dramatcally in the past few years, making these
>>items substantially more expensive than they were just a few years ago...but
>>it's still money well-spent, and as Jack said, you can view it as a one-time
>>expense since the stainless items will never, ever wear out.
>>
>>Mike
>>
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