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Old 12-26-2011, 06:05 PM
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DCU Engineering engine bay mounted intercooler tank

Ok the DCU Engineering part is a joke, those are my initials since I made it. Did a little the other day and finished it today. Gonna polish it up a little more later and get some hose to get it mounted but the hard part is done.

Have wanted a bigger separated water tank for the intercooler and finally got the chance to do it. Here is my existing small one that I will be taking out.




Some mock up of the new one with foam board and hot glue




And some in the process of making pics, then the finished product.









You can see the drain valve in the back right corner and then the feed connection is under the tank in the back left corner. It sits just to the left of the battery underneath so the hose will route up from under the tank and then go under where the washer fluid tank fill cap is with the wires that run through there.

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make sure you use self adjusting clamps!! JK

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nice work, very curious to see the improvement after you log some data. I am sure those IAT's will be nice and low with a bunch of ice stuffed in therte ;-)
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LMAO, hey now!!! NO SALE NO SALE!!!!!!

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Nice work bro. Let me know how this works out.
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dont mind me, you might have known about this but would you be able to fit this tank in the car looks like its what your making and the s55 has it stock.
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Fits like a glove. Very innovative!
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Originally Posted by nicco
make sure you use self adjusting clamps!! JK

Looks good!!
LOL $4000 I have some if you need any.

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Nice work. You will love it! Mine works flawlessly... If you want a better looking one, contact Dad's they will hook you up.
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dont mind me, you might have known about this but would you be able to fit this tank in the car looks like its what your making and the s55 has it stock.
Not sure if you could fit that somewhere or not, but then also how big is that tank? The one I made will hold 1.5 gallons so it is not huge but decently sized.
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I see your in Jax-- and making custom stuff-- cool. Let me know if you need a local dealer hookup.
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Not sure if you could fit that somewhere or not, but then also how big is that tank? The one I made will hold 1.5 gallons so it is not huge but decently sized.
well the spot its in is a deep spot, ill look into it
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I see your in Jax-- and making custom stuff-- cool. Let me know if you need a local dealer hookup.
I am not trying to make parts to sell, just wanted something for my car and knew I could do it dirt cheap while visiting family for Christmas. It cost me $12 for that plastic lid, $7 for a drain valve and $4 for some silicone. All the rest was free, I did it at my friend's father's welding shop in the Florida Keys where I am from. I wouldn't be able to do this stuff back at "home" in Jacksonville anyway even if I wanted to try and make stuff to sell.
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I'm not implying you are going to mass produce anything, just throwing a rope out to ya if you ever need help.
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Oh like if I need parts or something? Are you talking about MB dealer (Brumos) or independent place?
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Originally Posted by 02S430
dont mind me, you might have known about this but would you be able to fit this tank in the car looks like its what your making and the s55 has it stock.
That is the expansion tank for ABC fluid.
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Very nice! How much? That will save a lot of weight in hoses.
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I feel a suspension or ban commin on... LOL
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Very nice and clean set up! How much did it cost you.
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Very nice! How much? That will save a lot of weight in hoses.
$23 for tank odds and ends (silicone, plastic cap, drain valve) + $12 for some hose= $35. You too can have one as long as you have access to a welding shop and the owner is going to give you the aluminum, threaded fittings, screws and hose barbs for free I know you were being sarcastic with the "how much" in a different meaning. All I have to say to that is NOT FOR SALE!!!!!!!!!!!

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There will not be another one of these being made by me so that is not even funny! Mods, leave me alone! IT IS NOT FOR SALE!!!

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Very nice and clean set up! How much did it cost you.
It cost me $35, I am not to in to the Benz tax rape you with no lube stuff that goes on around this place from a lot of vendors.

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Did you have to remove anything to get it to fit? Also maybe you could sell your mold to someone?
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Did you have to remove anything to get it to fit? Also maybe you could sell your mold to someone?
It went in place of the big black cabin filter housing for the a/c. I dug through a bunch of filters at Advance Auto and found one that is close to the size of where the cabin filter inlet is. It needs a little trimming but I will fit it in there behind the new water box so I still have a filter.


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