Hi. I am preparing my 1988 Spyder Silverstone for the IVA. It has two fuel tanks, one behind each seat , connected together by a T piece that in turn connects to the fuel line feeding the carbs. The fuel line runs along the inside of the tunnel and the exhaust runs fairly close to the centre line of the tunnel but below the the floor level. The IVA manual states “Fuel tanks must not be positioned near a heat source (similar in installation to that of a type approved vehicle), so that a leak could cause a fire hazard”
Has anyone any experience of how close is too close and if a heat shield would be considered acceptable. Thanks.

Hi and welcome.

I have not got an exact answer for you but there is a good bit of discussion on this exact subject in this thread.

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Most of the subjects have already been well covered on here. The trick is finding the right threads...

Go to Google > Advanced search then put "locostbuilders.co.uk" against the "Search within a site or domain" together with your keywords. This tends to work better than the search function on here.

Cheers,

Mike

Thanks for that Mike, its a good suggestion using Google, would have saved me many hours on Sunday.
Read that thread but I could really do with an inspectors view. I might have to ring the local centre and get advise. I am considering removing one of the tanks and moving the exhaust.