[DeTomaso] Front trunk fuel cell?

[Pantdino]

"The sad thing is, the car originally had a nice, proper-sized fuel tank and the previous owner had removed it and chucked it, in an effort to save weight!"

NEVER, EVER THROUGH ANYTHING YOU CAN'T EASILY BUY ANOTHER ONE OF AWAY!




-----Original Message-----
From: MikeLDrew <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
To: michaelsavga <michaelsavga at gmail.com>
Cc: detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>; geoff.peters <geoff.peters at appliedenergy.co.uk>
Sent: Sun, Nov 17, 2013 12:45 pm
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Front trunk fuel cell?



In a message dated 11/17/13 12 30 0, michaelsavga at gmail.com writes:




You are doing vintage events that are sprint races?
Usually there is a time, lap or mileage limit, what is yours?
 Any idea of your mpg?
 Full blown NASCAR engine at 875+ hp gets about 5 mpg.
 23 laps at a 2.5 mile road course = 57.5 miles IF you had 875 hp, 12 gal would be almost perfect.
 Pace laps and caution laps at 2x mpg .
 How many gallons do you need?



>>>Needs to run for more than an hour at a time at speeds up to 200 mph.

12 gallons isn't close to being enough, unfortunately, as Patrick Hals found out the first time he took his second Gr4 car to Le Mans Classic.   It had a 12 gallon cell and he ran out of gas only about 2/3 of the way through each stint.   The sad thing is, the car originally had a nice, proper-sized fuel tank and the previous owner had removed it and chucked it, in an effort to save weight!

Mike

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