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10-07-2009, 09:43 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Darnestown,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 289FIA, 289 stroked to 331, 392 HP
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I've been running DOT 4 ever since I got the car and it hasn't done anything to the paint on the three cans yet. Maybe I'm just not as sloppy as some!  |
10-07-2009, 09:47 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Contemporary Cobra, 427 side oiler
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I have three Home Depot PVC glue cans that I pad $10 each to have powdercoated and they are not leaking or peeling after 1500 miles and 8 months. I used the Girling lids from Pegasus.
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10-07-2009, 09:50 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Quote:
Originally Posted by elmariachi
I have three Home Depot PVC glue cans that I pad $10 each to have powdercoated and they are not leaking or peeling after 1500 miles and 8 months. I used the Girling lids from Pegasus.
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Damn. I know exactly what cans you're talking about and, when painted black with a Girling decal pasted over them, they would tend to fool 98% of the members on this forum. |
10-07-2009, 10:03 AM
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Three PVC cans $15, three lids $30, three cans p-coated $30. Total $75. I made the brackets myself from aluminum looking at CSX pics for reference. Close enough for me and chicks dig 'em. 
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10-07-2009, 10:05 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Quote:
Originally Posted by elmariachi
Three PVC cans $15, three lids $30, three cans p-coated $30. Total $75. I made the brackets myself from aluminum looking at CSX pics for reference. Close enough for me and chicks dig 'em. |
Uhhh, OK... that would probably fool like 99.9% of the members on this forum -- me included.  |
10-07-2009, 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by patrickt
Uhhh, OK... that would probably fool like 99.9% of the members on this forum -- me included. |
Fooling you isn't very easy, so I'll take that. 
I am not sure what ERA charges, but I have no idea about longevity on mine so while I might have saved some $$ in the near term, it may still be worth it to buy the originals. I figured "what the heck..." |
10-07-2009, 12:38 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 707, 446ci FE
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But, my gosh, it would take me FOREVER to use up that much PVC glue! 
Nice job. Has the powder coating held up well?
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10-07-2009, 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Gunner
But, my gosh, it would take me FOREVER to use up that much PVC glue! Nice job. Has the powder coating held up well? |
Actually I need to correct that, it wasn't the glue cans, it was the PVC solvent cans, and the neighbor's dog loved it. I poured it all in a plastic bowl and left the cans sitting out under the cobana to dry out, and I failed to pick up the bowl. I came back and he had gulped about half of it down. He's still *&^%$ in my yard so I guess he's okay.
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Has the powder coating held up well?
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I had them done in March '09 and they are just like they were the day I mounted them. |
10-07-2009, 01:22 PM
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Cool Jim. Did you weld tubular nipples on them for the lines?
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10-07-2009, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by ERA Chas
Cool Jim. Did you weld tubular nipples on them for the lines?
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They are so thin that I think if you were to hit those glue cans with a torch they'd go "poof." I was quite shocked they endured the powdercoating, but my coater knew what we were dealing with. |
10-07-2009, 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by elmariachi
They are so thin that I think if you were to hit those glue cans with a torch they'd go "poof." I was quite shocked they endured the powdercoating, but my coater knew what we were dealing with.
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Understood but how did you attach tubes to them?
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10-07-2009, 02:05 PM
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There must be tougher versions - I know I've had cans of stuff like that that were much thicker build. Maybe they were older, who knows?
So how DID you attach the nipples? Solder?
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10-07-2009, 02:38 PM
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Location: Yorba Linda,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF w/392CI stroker
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Originally Posted by elmariachi
Three PVC cans $15, three lids $30, three cans p-coated $30. Total $75. I made the brackets myself from aluminum looking at CSX pics for reference. Close enough for me and chicks dig 'em. |
Love it...nice work!
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10-07-2009, 02:54 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ERA Chas
Understood but how did you attach tubes to them?
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After powdercoating I drillled a 5/16" hole in the bottom, used a 90* bulkhead fitting from Aeromotive, along with crush washers and an AN nut inside. I then used AN fittings and black braided hose over to the Wilwood master cylinders.
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10-07-2009, 03:40 PM
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VERY professional and I hope leak free!
Great post to help guys with an inexpensive alternative to a popular feature.
I'm gonna stay with my old single plastic thingie 'cause it ain't broke... 
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10-07-2009, 06:26 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA-722, Pure Street in BRG
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Originally Posted by WarrenG
I've been running DOT 4 ever since I got the car and it hasn't done anything to the paint on the three cans yet. Maybe I'm just not as sloppy as some! |
I've been using DOT 4 too. And mine are all crinkled up. I've never spilled a drop either. I wonder if it has anything to do with driving habits and sloshing? |
10-09-2009, 02:27 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 289FIA, 289 stroked to 331, 392 HP
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Originally Posted by FrankJohnson69
I've been using DOT 4 too. And mine are all crinkled up. I've never spilled a drop either. I wonder if it has anything to do with driving habits and sloshing? |
You trying to say I drive like a Florida retiree?!  |
10-09-2009, 07:24 PM
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You trying to say I drive like a Florida retiree?! |
Ummmm... well... could be |
10-10-2009, 07:28 AM
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Location: DeLand, FL,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA FIA #2117; 331 stroker; TKO600
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Warren - you probably haven't seen some of the "Florida retirees" driving down here. If you're only going 90 mph on the turnpike you'll get a 1980 Lincoln Continental up your butt!!
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10-30-2009, 08:43 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Shelby CSX 4766 (Vegas Built) with 482 Aluminum Pond motor
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Where or who do you get the caps from?
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Originally Posted by elmariachi
Three PVC cans $15, three lids $30, three cans p-coated $30. Total $75. I made the brackets myself from aluminum looking at CSX pics for reference. Close enough for me and chicks dig 'em.
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Looks great! Where did you buy the the caps from?
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