fuel cell for c3?
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Burning Brakes
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From: salinas CA
fuel cell for c3?
well as i can't afford to pay 3 grand for a fuel cell(only one i found to be a direct fit)
Has anyone used a fuel cell that fit in stock location more or less. i dont have a spare tire there so going a little bigger is definitely is an option.? old threads are ruined by photo bucket and links not working so i figured i would make a thread.Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
Has anyone used a fuel cell that fit in stock location more or less. i dont have a spare tire there so going a little bigger is definitely is an option.? old threads are ruined by photo bucket and links not working so i figured i would make a thread.Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
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From: WI
well as i can't afford to pay 3 grand for a fuel cell(only one i found to be a direct fit)
Has anyone used a fuel cell that fit in stock location more or less. i dont have a spare tire there so going a little bigger is definitely is an option.? old threads are ruined by photo bucket and links not working so i figured i would make a thread.Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
Has anyone used a fuel cell that fit in stock location more or less. i dont have a spare tire there so going a little bigger is definitely is an option.? old threads are ruined by photo bucket and links not working so i figured i would make a thread.Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
do you really want all that fuel at 7# a gallon up so high? you can buy one of these 34x17x? for $1000-$2000 depending on size, the ? refers to the height, the taller the cell the more fuel it holds, this one is a nascar road race 18gal
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Le Mans Master
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From: Sarver Pa
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I put a 22 gal Fuel Safe Saver cell in my 70 road race car. Had to fab my own mounts and cut approx 2 1/2 " into the rear compartment. It just barely will clear the rear sway bar. This saved me from having a custom cell made as it was a standard size and only about $500. I will have to use a funnel to fill it cause I dropped it closer to the ground. The cell is also approved by almost everyone, FIA,SCCA, etc.
Last edited by Pop Chevy; Nov 30, 2017 at 04:34 PM.
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This could be very interesting area to address!
I took out a 32 gallon ATL!!!!
#1- I am not planning to run LeMans, but would like to get out and back from LA to San Diego or Los Angeles to Buttonwillow/Willow Springs on a single tank, carrying some with me in a spare container to make the round trip because of the MPG! Running race level cars on street, is expensive!!!
#2- the weight of the car is already biased to the rear, so adding fuel back there will cause inferior chassis handling!
So where do I put the fuel?
I am looking at the jack compartments in the C2 for my newest cell to get a low in the chassis/mid chassis location and for one of the C3s if iever go that far toward race (technical of the blue car, it is essentially as fast as anyone's race car in the Country now) but in the battery box and luggage area. Naturally the rules require it to be isolated from the cockpit, so need to wall it off! Plus should protect from throwing a driveshaft, so integrate a loop! The 36 gallons were put essentially in the cockpit with a removable panel! My idea would be to mold it over the center hump and still have carpeted panel in the C2 and cutting a lot of glass for the C3!
Just because I would like to kick all of your butts!
I took out a 32 gallon ATL!!!!
#1- I am not planning to run LeMans, but would like to get out and back from LA to San Diego or Los Angeles to Buttonwillow/Willow Springs on a single tank, carrying some with me in a spare container to make the round trip because of the MPG! Running race level cars on street, is expensive!!!
#2- the weight of the car is already biased to the rear, so adding fuel back there will cause inferior chassis handling!
So where do I put the fuel?
I am looking at the jack compartments in the C2 for my newest cell to get a low in the chassis/mid chassis location and for one of the C3s if iever go that far toward race (technical of the blue car, it is essentially as fast as anyone's race car in the Country now) but in the battery box and luggage area. Naturally the rules require it to be isolated from the cockpit, so need to wall it off! Plus should protect from throwing a driveshaft, so integrate a loop! The 36 gallons were put essentially in the cockpit with a removable panel! My idea would be to mold it over the center hump and still have carpeted panel in the C2 and cutting a lot of glass for the C3!
Just because I would like to kick all of your butts!
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I don't get the dry sump tank on the drivers side! Usually always on the passengers side for balancing out the chassis side to side?
Last edited by TCracingCA; Dec 1, 2017 at 12:50 AM.
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the placement of the diagonal in the main hoop and the main hoop itself being moved forward (notice it`s not on the kickup) made mounting the oil tank on the right side impossible, trust me we tried and I don`t like them in the drivers compartment
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The engineering differently can be tricky! All of these race cars gravitated toward the same general things, tank locations, bar configurations, etc. Maybe why my projects are taking so long, trying to put stuff where it hasn't been put before! I don't have a dry sump setup, as I was trying to keep it toward the true vintage using Avaiad F-5000 pan, Milodon Louvered screen windage tray is a little more modern and scraper, etc. and I have my Traco block adapter and the Traco remote and stuff like that! But I have a 3 quart Accusump set up! I am trying to not let the trick technology show!
Last edited by TCracingCA; Dec 2, 2017 at 10:01 PM.
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