which metal is better when buying a surge tank?

 

i can get a alloy one for 50 bux less but I'm worried bout corroding, the stainless one I'm looking at has a bracket for fuel pump and is polished for $140

 

any advice apprecciated

Edited July 21, 200917 yr by kiahn

In the circumstances both will be fine. I wouldn't worry about either corroding, you're filling them both with a solvent anyway. Remember that factory tanks can last 40 years and generally wont have corrosion issues if they're always wet.

 

Aluminium is lighter. Both can be polished. What grade of stainless is it? 316 will come up very nicely

these are the 2 i was looking at, btw the steel is 304

 

alloy:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ally-surge-tank-with...93%3A1|294%3A50

 

 

steel:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Polished-Stainless-...93%3A1|294%3A50

alright ive decided to go with the stainless as it will probably look a lot better 6 months from now

 

also it's made in aus by aussies so might as well spend the extra and support aus business

 

cheers philbey

Yeh 304 will do just fine. You can get find that sometimes lower grade stainless' do rust (304 etc) but it's highly unlikely in your car boot!

well they do custom jobs so you can basically ask for anything and they give you price.