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Relocating my overflow bottle....

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Grandmaster

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I need to relocate the overflow. Long story short, i bought a new radiator and it isn't the same size of the stock one. It mounts fine etc but the size difference makes the fan showd no longer fit, so i had to ditch it. This means that right now i have my overflow bottle more or less tied into place up against the radiator/battery tray.

So i need to relocate it properly, as this temp fix is not cool at all. Does anyone have any suggestions?? I still have the stock fan for now (i'm planning on getting a taurus fan but i dont have the money for the alt upgrade yet, maybe in a month or so) so that takes up some of the room. Are there some brackets i could buy to mount it securly to the radiator somehow?

Any suggestions are welcome. I figured with many people using taurus fans there should be a lot of experience here with relocating the overflow, as, if i understand correctly from pics, that mod requires it.

THANKS!!!
 

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I took the overflow bottle, which was a summit one, and mounted it to the passenger side fender well. Worked perfectly! two bolts and sone hose and I was good to roll. Yes, I do have an electric fan
 

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With out a shroud on the factory fan you will not have very efficent air flow...
 
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Rick 91GT said:
With out a shroud on the factory fan you will not have very efficent air flow...
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Ditto, the factory shroud is designed to basically pull air from across the entire radiator. Without a shroud you may notice some cooling problems and high temps at idle/lower speeds. I'd think you'd be able to run the Taurus fan, if you already have it, without doing an alt upgrade. I have dual electric fans and am still running the stock alt for the time being.
 

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Parts stores sell generic overflow bottles for 6-8 bucks. It can be tossed inside the fender if need be.

One could also fab a bracket from the rad support to hold the bottle.

Fan info is spot on.

Good luck.
 

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Rick 91GT said:
With out a shroud on the factory fan you will not have very efficent air flow...
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Gonna edit this because something needs to be said here. Ford will not put something on you're car that is un-needed. Remember that when removing or modifying parts. If the car did not need the shroud, they would not have added one. If you dont understand what a part does and you want to remove, make sure you research it first. Good Luck.
 

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I know what the shroud does, and i also know the effects of removing it. I also know that my car is running very cool without it. Even so, though, like i said i intend this to be only temporary until i get the electric.

Thanks for the tips on the overflow.
 

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How about mounting the overflow at the back of the car. Especially if you drag race. Nothing like having the car puke a little water as you're blasting down the track and it get under your tires. Surprised Rick didn't mention this one. LOL
 

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StangFireman said:
How about mounting the overflow at the back of the car. Especially if you drag race. Nothing like having the car puke a little water as you're blasting down the track and it get under your tires. Surprised Rick didn't mention this one. LOL
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I was thinking street car Todd....although mine will have tags and it will be in the back for sure.
 
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