Zero Decibel Motorsports, Coolant Bracket Relocation Kit

[Mechie3]

Sent my payment yesterday, I'm officially a FFR forum vendor. The name was chosen by my friends at Indiana Impreza as a bit of an inside joke between my hearing loss and the fact that my F500 is the most obnoxious sounding car at local autocross events and will make everyone else go deaf.

The first item I have available is a coolant tank relocation kit. The oil fill tube and cap will be available after Thanksgiving.


This kit allows you to relocate the factory coolant tank away from the frame rail so the cap can be removed for filling.

Fresh from the tumbler:


Top view of relocated tank:


Prototype mounted (kit ships with new stainless hardware, not shown in this picture)


The kit includes:

1. Laser cut aluminum bracket, hand deburred and tumbled
2. 4 Stainless steel button head bolts
3. 2 Stainless steel lock nuts
4. Coolant hose to connect to turbo line and hardline under manifold

Kit has been tested to work with both the plastic and metal versions of the tank and the factory aluminum intake manifold.

Note: due to the laser cutting process, the interior of some of the small bolt holes exhibits burn marks. These are hidden when the bracket is installed.

Cost: $45 + shipping (USPS flat rate or your Fedex/UPS acccount, will combine shipping)
Indiana residents get 5% discount, but must pay 7% sales tax
Free pickup in Indianapolis area




To Order:
PM me here on thefactoryfiveforum.com
Email me at [email protected]

[michael everson]

Email sent.
Mike

[RM1SepEx]

so what is next, rack extension spacer, oil fill tube, etc...

Congrats!

[Mechie3]

so what is next, rack extension spacer, oil fill tube, etc...

Congrats!

Oil fill tube and mating oil cap with 818 logo is at a shop right now. They estimated delivery to be the week after Thanksgiving.

[AZPete]

Email sent.
Pete

edit: check sent. Who doesn't need one of these?

[Canadian818]

Congrats on the vendor status! Can't wait to see what's next.

[C.Plavan]

Very cool. You know to put me down for all your stuff. Just let me know how much I owe you, so you can ship it all at once.

[Frank818]

Hey congrats on that new job! You got 2 of them, the normal one and the one during your lunch time at your normal job!

[K3LAG]

I'm in too.

[FFR-ADV]

Very nice! Thanks for doing this!!

PM sent

Happy Thanksgiving....

[Mechie3]

Very cool. You know to put me down for all your stuff. Just let me know how much I owe you, so you can ship it all at once.

Got one saved for you. Only 2 are unspoken for at this point.

Hey congrats on that new job! You got 2 of them, the normal one and the one during your lunch time at your normal job!

Lol. I outsourced manufacturing of these. Not worth risking my real job to make parts that might never make me enough to even buy one weeks worth of gas for my car.

[Xusia]

Personally, I think it's rather cool of you to do this despite not making ravenous profits. Your parts are really nice and make a world of difference to us!

[Mechie3]

As long as I'm not losing money its all good.

[Silvertop]

I'll be needing one of these too. I'll send you an email with my particulars sometime today. Check to follow tomorrow by snail mail.

TX --

Edit: I don't know where to send the check. I'll wait until you respond to my email with a mailing address and shipping costs.

JJM

[Mechie3]

Thanks for all the responses and emails. Think I have one left but I need to double check. Goal is to have boxes shipped out by Monday for those that paid via Paypal.

[Mechie3]

All 10 are spoken for. When I get another 5 people interested, I'll order another round of parts. So far I have 1 person on the waiting list.

[longislandwrx]

Spoken for like on the other post? Am I flagged for one?

[Mechie3]

Sent you a pm.

[Mechie3]

Packages were shipped out for everyone that has paid.

This is what you should recieve:


The shorter screws mount the bracket to the manifold. The longer screws mount the tank to the bracket using the supplied nylock nuts.

[wleehendrick]

Packages were shipped out for everyone that has paid.

Awesome... can't wait to get it. With my build ramping up, FedEx and UPS have been very busy at our place. Our neighbors must think we're buying/receiving lots of Christmas presents. Nope... It's all car parts!

[AZPete]

Good. I just told my wife that Factory Five is shipping some previously-paid back-ordered parts from an Indianapolis supplier.

[wleehendrick]

My wife just resorts to revenge spending! I just mounted up my pedal box... so she has me get her an aluminum pedal set for her 135i. I show her the wheels I'm thinking about getting... next day I come home and she's on the Turner Motorsports website looking at new rims herself. I may be keeping my build on budget, but in my case, I have to include the jealousy factor.

[Mechie3]

Awesome... can't wait to get it. With my build ramping up, FedEx and UPS have been very busy at our place. Our neighbors must think we're buying/receiving lots of Christmas presents. Nope... It's all car parts!

My neighbors must think I sell drugs. :lol: People are always stopping over from the Suby club to borrow and return tools and buy parts from my donor. One guy comes in a bagged caddilac with 22's every couple weeks, the others more frequently. haha!

Good. I just told my wife that Factory Five is shipping some previously-paid back-ordered parts from an Indianapolis supplier.

My wife just resorts to revenge spending! I just mounted up my pedal box... so she has me get her an aluminum pedal set for her 135i. I show her the wheels I'm thinking about getting... next day I come home and she's on the Turner Motorsports website looking at new rims herself. I may be keeping my build on budget, but in my case, I have to include the jealousy factor.

The Turner Motorsports Semi with their race M3's in it was parked in my neighborhood for the Kroger super weekend.

[metros]

I'm a definite for this bracket once you have the oil filler/cap ready as well.

[Mechie3]

Oil filler caps are due to be complete Friday.

I ordered another set of brackets today. ETA is 1.5 weeks. 5 of them are already spoken for.

Thanks everyone!

[metros]

One of those spoken for is me, correct?

Waiting for the package deal to paypal.

[AZPete]

I got my coolant reservoir bracket! It fits perfectly - bracket, hoses, bolts all perfect. And, it's a beautiful curvy design. Thanks!

[K3LAG]

I got mine today too. Looks great.

Larry

[Mechie3]

One of those spoken for is me, correct?

Waiting for the package deal to paypal.

Indeed.

I got my coolant reservoir bracket! It fits perfectly - bracket, hoses, bolts all perfect. And, it's a beautiful curvy design. Thanks!

Good to know it fits!

I got mine today too. Looks great.

Larry

Glad you like it.

[metros]

Awesome, did you end up picking up the oil filler caps?

Pictures!

[Mechie3]

Not yet. Shop needed a tool to cut internal threads that was due friday am but didn't show up. Expects them to be done Monday if the tool shows up.

[wleehendrick]

Got mine yesterday... looks great. Thanks!

[FFR-ADV]

Not yet. Shop needed a tool to cut internal threads that was due friday am but didn't show up. Expects them to be done Monday if the tool shows up.

So are they thread milling both parts? If so then that means the clocking angle for all parts can be identical. That makes control of clocking on engraving possible. Any which way it will be a very cool part!

Thanks for making these parts available to us!

Happy Holidays!

[Mechie3]

So are they thread milling both parts? If so then that means the clocking angle for all parts can be identical. That makes control of clocking on engraving possible. Any which way it will be a very cool part!

Thanks for making these parts available to us!

Happy Holidays!

Not 100% sure. They did get the tool in late last week, but it's a 1 man shop she he didn't get them all done. I'm going to call him today and see how he's coming.

[Mechie3]

New batch of brackets are in. I'll be tumbling them tomorrow. They'll be ready to ship by the weekend.

Word on the oil caps is he cut the threads wrong and was going to redo them today.

[metros]

Any updates?

[Mechie3]

The tool the shop got couldn't cut deep enough. He got a milling thread cutter (supposed to have been delivered the 24) and will do the threads with that. I didn't want to bug him Christmas week so dont know if he's done them yet. Plan to call Monday morning.

[Mechie3]

For those of you waiting for the oil caps/tubes:

I stopped by the shop on Tuesday. He has the tool and plans to start cutting Monday. The shop is a small 1 guy shop with 1 cnc mill and 1 cnc lathe in the middle of a small warehouse complex filled with race shops (DSR, John Force, Beast) and he makes a lot of his money doing 1 off and 2 day turnaround jobs for them when they break stuff. They pay big bucks, so when he's waiting for a tool for a small job (like mine) he takes his setup apart so he can run the jobs for the race shops.

Material for the dipsticks was supposed to be ordered this week with production starting next week as well.

[Harley818]

Hi Mechie,
Been following your thread for a while now. Awesome build, lots of ideas for me, and thanks for being one of the first. I'm sure we all envy your CNC access!
Ordered my kit in November just before SEMA, due in May 2014.
I better get my order in quick before you move on to other priorities.....
This may very well be the first hardware I will receive.
Congrats on your vendor status.
Harley

[Mechie3]

Got word from the shop today that they started machining the oil fill caps and tubes.