Managed to fit up all the rad pipes and all was dandy, tried the midsection cover (the piece of fibreglass that covers the front of the drivers bay) and the expansion tank is about 5 mm to high!! BUT IT NEEDS TO BE THAT HIGH FOR THE THERMOSTAT!!!!! GAAHHHHHH!!!!!!

One Idea I have had is would it be ok for IVA to cut a hole big enough for the expansion cap to come through the fibreglass? (RED ARROW)





Any other ideas people?

Why does it have to go there? can you not fit one to the flat panel behind the thermostat? So long it is just above the thermostat it will bleed out okay

There isnt any flat panels behind the thermostat :/, its really only the place that it has room/can be mounted

I may be missing something but as you look at the engine on the right is the thermostat housing, behind that there appears to be a flat fiberglass panel part of the bit you have arrowed in red. From the picture that is where I would mount it.

You could also post on Bristolkit cars website, where you will find a guy called dave Bench who built one of these with w K series engine, he may have a solution

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Originally posted by spaximus
I may be missing something but as you look at the engine on the right is the thermostat housing, behind that there appears to be a flat fiberglass panel part of the bit you have arrowed in red. From the picture that is where I would mount it.

You could also post on Bristolkit cars website, where you will find a guy called dave Bench who built one of these with w K series engine, he may have a solution

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Just looked at his blog and the engine he has sits on the drivers side where as the series I have the inlet/exhaust manifold where he mounted it

The expansion tank can actually be slightly lower than the header tank, not ideal but as long as you have a fill point at the thermostat you will get away with


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Originally posted by britishtrident
The expansion tank can actually be slightly lower than the header tank, not ideal but as long as you have a fill point at the thermostat you will get away with


[Edited on 30/10/15 by britishtrident]

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Any chance of steamboiling water spraying over your face?

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Originally posted by v8kid
Any chance of steamboiling water spraying over your face?

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Also the other thing if it does steam then if I have cut a hole in the top the steam can escape rather than being trapped

That's an awful place for it.

If it boils over you'll cook your legs and the fuse box.

I had boiling water pour into my passengers compartment and that was bad enough. Hicost nearly lost his life on a track day when his heater pipe came off and burnt his legs. He had no choice but the keep braking and ended up in hospital.

Please rethink the location of that bottle

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Originally posted by Ben_Copeland
That's an awful place for it.

If it boils over you'll cook your legs and the fuse box.

I had boiling water pour into my passengers compartment and that was bad enough. Hicost nearly lost his life on a track day when his heater pipe came off and burnt his legs. He had no choice but the keep braking and ended up in hospital.

Please rethink the location of that bottle

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Ok good

It's a pain but far less of one if you left it and it over heated

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Originally posted by Ben_Copeland
Ok good

It's a pain but far less of one if you left it and it over heated

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Just finished......... 11:30pm.... knackered. Up at 6am to detail my car.... . Thanks for everyones help. Will upload pictures tomorrow.