[DeTomaso] Fuel Cells
John Maffeo
johnmaffeo1 at yahoo.com
Thu May 24 08:36:06 EDT 2007
Wasn't Ron Wade building one for his superlightweight 5S?
John
JDeRyke at aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 5/23/07 10:37:14 PM, jason.eaton at gmail.com writes:
<< I'm considering installing a fuel cell in the front of the car, even to
the extent of seriously modifying the front trunk to lower the fuelcell as low
as it can go and to increase the volume of gas it can hold. >>
Dennis Quella's plastic-pantera racer uses a tube frame & I think an 8-gallon
cell in what would be the front trunk; I'd ask his advice. It seems like
there's room for quite a bit more if you fill the front trunk. Second, the trunk
floor in a stock Pantera is a structural part of the front suspension; cut that
away and you'll have to add some serious bracing to return front frame
stiffness to stock levels. The bracing will be tricky to design if you expect to
service the cell now and then. Crawl under and take a look- the steering rack
mount takes up quite a bit of the underside.
If you're looking for better balance, I think some of the Euro racers used
dual 10 or 12-gallon tanks on both sides of the engine (stock position). Better
balance, shorter fuel lines and as good protection as the stocker has. Heck,
you could build a mirror-image of a full sized stock tank for the right side &
load up 43 gallons!
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