ss1turbo
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| posted on 15/2/12 at 01:15 PM |
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Fuel tank suggestion?
In the greatest spirit of being low-cost, i'm after some type of OE injection fuel tank to fit in the space I have which is basically a
trapezoidal void 550mm square and tapering from 100mm to 150mm deep (ish) - maybe able to go a bit deeper though and possibly a few mm bigger in width
or length but not much.
Original tank is a rather snug fit and huge at 17 gallons but happy to drop to half that as I won't be doing long runs - and after 2-300 miles
i'm as likely to need a drink as the car.
An OE injection one is preferable as it saves faffing with twin pumps and swirl pots and preferably the pump can either feed a 200bhp engine or can
swap the pump for one that can...
Suggestions please!
Long live RWD...
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Andy D
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| posted on 15/2/12 at 02:04 PM |
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There's a chap racing an F27 in the Northern sports & saloons, that has a complete bike tank inc pump under the boot cover. Not sure on
capacity, but he manages a 20 min race. 
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ss1turbo
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| posted on 15/2/12 at 03:50 PM |
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Might need a bit more than that...
Anyone know the size of a Sierra one?
Long live RWD...
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ss1turbo
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| posted on 22/2/12 at 01:35 PM |
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Got an ebay bargain in the shape of a Focus tank and now to the next question...as its plastic can you "reshape" them if needed with a hot
air gun???
Long live RWD...
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turnipfarmer
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| posted on 22/2/12 at 05:03 PM |
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What about an outboard motor fuel tank?
Literally dozens of shapes & sizes - see ebay for just a few examples
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ss1turbo
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| posted on 22/2/12 at 05:13 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by turnipfarmer
What about an outboard motor fuel tank?
Literally dozens of shapes & sizes - see ebay for just a few examples
Not seen any with an integral pump/swirl pot though?
Long live RWD...
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turnipfarmer
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| posted on 22/2/12 at 05:39 PM |
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Now you're just being picky!
What some folk do is cut a hole at the lowest point of the tank, and fit a sump type arrangement below that for the fuel pump to sit in. It also
serves as a swirl pot.
Seen photos by folk who've done this to metal tanks, although admittedly not with poly.. polly.. plastic
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ss1turbo
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| posted on 22/2/12 at 05:45 PM |
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I've always got the "modify my existing" option but was trying to cut the odd corner (namely why go to the hassle of making
something when there's a ready made solution out there).
I've not got a lot of depth to play with though with my existing tank, hence looking for something else. Still think a Sierra one might do
except still don't know the dimensions of one.
Long live RWD...
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