Quote Originally Posted by Kitwn View Post
That's a really interesting base design, I've been wondering about a concrete or block base myself in the future as a cost-effective and very rigid structure. I'll be interested to follow your progress.

If you plan to drain the coolant to a tank underneath then it may help to cast a short length or two of plastic drainpipe through the base to act as conduits for the fluid hoses.
We'll see how it works, I can't see why it will be a major issue unless shrinkage is significant over time, but I'll give it a bash. That's a good point on the drainage, I'll have to reiterate the CAD some more. The general idea was to have the coolant flood over both front and back and design a fibreglass chute to direct fluid back to the tank but that could also work, I'll have to have a think.