Expansion Tank

Looks great!  I've never had a problem with ine - touch wood

What's the retail cost of one of these, and is that the only location it can sit?  My OCC resides there currently.

Eric...I don't think you OCC is there...it's to the left of there. This one is in place of the factory tank and location I believe by the looks of it.

Dave have you or Alan tried the forge tank?

scoop wrote: Canton tank on Livermore Performance site: http://www.livermoreperformance.com/mini_tanks.html Not sure if this is representative of the cost at other sites. Just a start.   Thanks for posting, Dave. Scoop is in big need of a tank that doesn't spew. How "easy" was the install, given what you know about me?

scoop wrote: Canton tank on Livermore Performance site: http://www.livermoreperformance.com/mini_tanks.html Not sure if this is representative of the cost at other sites. Just a start.   Thanks for posting, Dave. Scoop is in big need of a tank that doesn't spew. How "easy" was the install, given what you know about me?

This looks very interesting... maybe we could make it a Mod Party item? 


Edited by GoKart - April/06/09 at 1:34am

Thanks Dave, I guess we can also add almost half the cost.

John

I have the Forge tank and have been pleased with it.  I also just saw an ad for a new tank from GT tuning.

If you put together an order, count me in.  I hate that spewing stuff - I get it after a hard run on the track.  Pat

Pat don't let your Co Pilots / Students eat or drink before you take them on the track that should reduce most of the spewing.

John

Pat you need to go with this new evacuation face piece.



Here is the current European instructor version


You will see both these units come with a flushing system along with a mouth rinse system. Note the intercommunication connections that are already have the talk as you go function built in in to the face piece. Plus for that late fall track day the 3rd line plugs into the lighter to provide face warmers and a eye wear defogging system

Sorry Dave 


John


Edited by johnf36 - April/06/09 at 6:30pm

sorry, just saw this thread.  The livermore price is a good one.  Let's say it is close to wholesale and leave it at that.

So some details about the Canton tank.  It uses a 30 lb standard radiator cap.  Nice but I was surprised at the pressure.  It does have a blow off vent that a standard hose could be used to route the liquid to the bottom of the car very easily.  

Install is a breeze as Dave said.  Unpluging, unscrewing the four bolts and flipping the coil pack forward will make you cuss a lot less.  With coil pack in place, there is a lot of cussing involved.  trust me.   The tubes comes off the existing tank easy enough.  As you raise the tank to get to the lower tube, liquid will come out of the upper little tube and you will be wondering where it came from.  Keep the tank low and this is not an issue.  Get a small container that can hold a cup or so of liquid ready so you can catch the fluid inside the tank when you get the lower tube off.

My radiator shop sold me a bottle of Kool It (first link I found):

http://www.lubegard.com/automotive/radiator_koolit.html

to help prevent the electrolysis that some MINIs have to the radiator.  I actually talked to someone at amviv who had the exact same radiator issue as me.   I would recommend using this to fill your tank after install.  Seems to be just the right amount of liquid to get that three inch air gap in the tank.

Fitment - well - I spent WAY TOO MUCH TIME with canton getting this to fit right.  At first, it simply won't fit.  period.  After sending them back to Canton and discussing the issues with their R&D, they now have a new assembly fixture that corrected their problem.  I know how to mod them to make them fit and probably should have saved myself time and effort by doing that.  Got to be a principle of it near the end and they had my tanks.  Because the vendors do not sell a lot of these, more than likely they will place an order with canton to get your orders fullfilled.  If you want more details, give me a call or pm.   Glad to explain the pain. 






Edited by GoMiniGo - April/07/09 at 12:26pm

John,

Did you see this?

http://www.lubegard.com/automotive/KOOLIT_comparison_poster.pdf

http://www.lubegard.com/automotive/find_supplier_us.html

Looks like your local NAPA or Carquest might.

Just ordered the Canton tank and cap.

Will get some KoolIt next time I'm at AutoZone.

Thanks for all the info