Cooling tank?

Woundering what to use as a cooling tank if i get this Stuart R3 bit stuck on what to use, as its got a pump i could just use a bucket, but i want something a bit better looking.

Been toying with the idea of old fire extinguishers

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think it should work but how effective at cooling they are is another thing.

Cheers Steve

Hi steve,
I have a similar cooling question I am asking myself. That is for a water cooled compressor. For the Stuart your fire extinguisher cylinder would I guess work as long as it was of sufficient volume to suit the engine.I would just use my own judgement here.The guess for my compressor would be for an 11kg gas bottle with the top cut of and a loosely fitting lid. Chris.

Sir Clip wrote:Hi steve,
I have a similar cooling question I am asking myself. That is for a water cooled compressor. For the Stuart your fire extinguisher cylinder would I guess work as long as it was of sufficient volume to suit the engine.I would just use my own judgement here.The guess for my compressor would be for an 11kg gas bottle with the top cut of and a loosely fitting lid. Chris.

Yea should think it would be alright will hold 2 gallon, i wouldnt know about the compressor.

Cheers Steve

general rule is, you want your cooling system to be small enough so that under whatever load you intend to put on it, you can get the water to boiling point, if you have too much cooling area, the engine will stay cold, hence why off load lister CS's can use small propane cylinders as cooling rather than 45 gallon drums, it gets them hot and prevents bore glazing.

a small exinguisher should be spot on for the stuart, if it boils, just top it up, will be nice and steamy lol.

P.

I'll empty one for you...

that is cool bit big for Stuart though

Cheers Steve

Bit stuck on how the pipes would connect to the tank? not sure sure if i can get my hand into the tank.

Any ideas?

Cheers Steve

Skankin_giant wrote:Bit stuck on how the pipes would connect to the tank? not sure sure if i can get my hand into the tank.

Any ideas?

Cheers Steve

you may have to silver solder the fittings on? or rivet (old style ) a plate on

Paul

Yea that's what I was thinking. think I could solder it used to doing components so plumbing should be a new venture.

if worst comes to worst theres always JB weld!

Cheers steve

Skankin_giant wrote:Yea that's what I was thinking. think I could solder it used to doing components so plumbing should be a new venture.

if worst comes to worst theres always JB weld!

Cheers steve

prepare it right and you'll have no problems with silver solder, much stronger than ordinary solder

Paul

I might end up sacking this cooling tank idea off lol, getting to much time i add the soldering stuff up, will have to see if i can get a rectangle trough type thing me thinks!

Cheers Steve

i made a box section cooling tank from plate steel, welded steel tube top and bottom about 2" in length and used car cooling pipe to connect the tank to the engine. this was cheap and i will never need to make another.
earl.