[DeTomaso] Fuel Cells

Thu May 24 23:15:41 EDT 2007

I ran the silverstate once.
I have the early transaxle so my rpm were up.
I filled up at the staging area with race fuel.  I ran 90 miles at speed and 
I needed to drive I think another 20 to the place where my trailer was 
parked.  I stressed running out of fuel to the trailer.  90 miles hard and 
20 easy and the tank was empty.
Rich
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Shortt" <michaelsavga at gmail.com>
To: "Mad Dog Antenucci" <teampantera at yahoo.com>
Cc: <NSakulen at aol.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 7:25 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Fuel Cells


>I have a 393, 750 DP Holley, 550 hp, 500 lbs.Torque and it gets about 200
> miles to the tank in the way I drive around town,highway etc. I think I 
> fill
> up with roughly about 15 gal., That's about 13 mpg.
> On my trip to Atlanta on I-16 for 3 Hours I got 17 mpg at a steady 75-80
> mph, on the last track day that I did, I started with 1/2 tank and did 
> maybe
> 30 laps total in the two sessions ( 2.02 mile track, www.roeblingroad.com)
> around 60 miles, if I had 7.5 gallons in there, then that's about 8 mpg,
> because I was empty and praying on the way home to get to the gas station
> rather than pay for race gas at the track at 7.50 or 8.50 per gallon.
>
> Michael in Savannah
>
>
> On 5/24/07, Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> Exactly Nick! Thats wot I'm talking about. ;-]>
>>
>> Dawg
>>
>> *NSakulen at aol.com* wrote:
>>
>>  I have a 377 stroker motor and on the track ( road course ) I get 6 - 7
>> mpg
>>
>> Nick
>>
>> Michael are you smoking crack? ;-]>
>>   10-12 gallons at a race under a 100 miles with 15-17 MPG?!!!
>>   md
>>
>> Michael Shortt <michaelsavga at gmail.com> wrote:
>>   Yeah, I guess maybe 10-12 gallons, since most races fall under 100
>> miles, it
>> should be enough, if your street car gets 15-17 mpg, that's almost up to
>> 175-200 miles, certainly enough in one sitting to warrant getting out and
>> walking around a bit anyway.
>>
>> The floor was still there.
>>
>>
>> Michael in Savannah
>>
>>
>> On 5/24/07, www.DeTomasoRegistry.org <http://www.detomasoregistry.org/>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > I have photos of Eskahoff's (spelling ?) front fuel cell on my old
>> > website.
>> >
>> > I think it is under "famous racers".
>> >
>> > Chuck
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > In those photos it looks like the fuel cell is not below the bottom of
>> > the trunk. That fuel cell could only hold a few gallons, maybe 10?
>> >
>> > On 5/24/07, Ken Green wrote:
>> > > If the hood is covering a fuel cell, and a gas cap is accessible
>> > through the hood, the hood could be attached to serve as a sheer 
>> > member.
>> > I'd guess that if the hood is semi permanently attached at all 4
>> corners,
>> > there could be a substantial stiffening benefit, at least in the
>> > horizontal
>> > plane.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
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