[DeTomaso] Fuel Cells

adin at frontier.net adin at frontier.net
Thu May 24 08:38:47 EDT 2007


Jack,

I'd never thought about that fact.  What about lowering the battery?   
How much will that degrade stiffness?

david, w/ chassis stiffners




Quoting JDeRyke at aol.com:

> 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 &
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