fuel cell installation
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Having done this myself, I would just caution you to be sure that you really need it. I Just ripped a fuel cell out of my 70 Chevelle and put a factory tank and lines back in. I ran my race car in its original form with a sumped stock tank.
Well in that case, if I was doing it, I would build the tank up off the floor to allow you to keep the pump and filter in the trunk. That way you aren't cutting any holes in the trunk floor and then having to build a pan around the tank sump.
hmm hadn't thought of that. I was planning to build the guard around the sump.
car will be street and strip, not much street driving.
if you put it in flat where to you mount it to? I haven't looked yet but do you have to attach it to cross members or just to the floor of the trunk?
car will be street and strip, not much street driving.
if you put it in flat where to you mount it to? I haven't looked yet but do you have to attach it to cross members or just to the floor of the trunk?
Mine when it was on the floor with the hole in the floor for the sump, I used large fender washers on the bolts and bolted it right to the floor. My current Chevelle had the tank on 1.5" square tubing to lift it off the floor and keep the lines in the trunk. When my race car was backhalved we built a steel tube frame and not only lifted the tank up, but tipped it back to keep the fuel at the sump.
what are you using the car for, if you're drag racing it doesn't matter but any other racing that involves corners gas is heavy so you want the tank as low as possible, not sitting on the trunk floor.
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