[DeTomaso] Front trunk fuel cell?

[Julian Kift]

Mike Drew corrected me that GP4 cars had a right hand tank, whereas I thought the GP4's were dual tanked with right hand filler. Although a right hand tank offsets the driver weight to some extent, dual tanks with a balance tube would be better for maintaining side to side balancing especially in endurance racing where fuel loads and drawn down are larger.
 
Jason Eaton had some detail on his website for using dual off the shelf fuel cells that fit the available space each side. 
 
Bob Benson and some others have a custom built fuel cell that resembles the oem gas tank, someone should be able to also build that in a mirror image for the right hand side, you'd have all the fuel you could want then.
 
I assume fuel cells are rated for a 5 year life, so probably something to figure into a custom build that custom bladder replacement would be required every 5 years.
 
Julian
 
From: dnunn at telus.net
To: detomaso at poca.com
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 11:51:29 -0800
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Front trunk fuel cell?

Porsche 911’s have always had their fuel tanks in front of the passenger compartment and it certainly hasn’t hurt their success when raced! From a pure dynamic standpoint, the best place to “stuff” fuel tanks would be in the rocker panels, like the original Ford GT40. A few years ago, I saw a Pantera that had two ten gallon fuel tanks; one where the OEM tank normally resides and the other on the opposite side. The two tanks were connected by a fairly large tube and the filler and pumps were located in the main tank. This is exactly the same as the fuel tank(s) arrangement in a Ferrari F40. If I recall, these dual tanks were made by Rick’s Tanks in El Paso, TX. 
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