[DeTomaso] fuel cell

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Some Pantera racers use a pair of 12 gallon fuel cells- one on each side of the engine. This helps balance the car but introduces complexity and safety issues with large diameter cross-over piping & dual fuel feeds to a single carb, and slow filling of both cells (unless you use dual fillers which really PO-s people in a gas line behind you!  I had an aux tank for awhile in a commuter car and I regularly got yelled at when I finished gassing the main tank & then opened up the trunk for the 5-gallon aux). A couple of racers use front trunk mount fuel cells which solves some of the problems but doesn't allow enough capacity to make long trips comfortably. And the constant maintenance- changing foam each year, watching for punctures and leaks from the added lines, plus the lack of a reliable fuel gauge,  makes cells a poor, expensive choice for a street car.  They're really meant to prevent fires when crashing and that doesn't (or shouldn't!) happen much on the street. With these questions, are you building a dedicated racer?
 


Does anyone have any experience with replacing a stock pantera gas tank
   with a fuel cell?

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Boyd Casey <boyd411 at gmail.com>
To: detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
Sent: Wed, Aug 27, 2014 9:51 pm
Subject: [DeTomaso] fuel cell


   Does anyone have any experience with replacing a stock pantera gas tank
   with a fuel cell?


 
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   Some Pantera racers use a pair of 12 gallon fuel cells- one on each
   side of the engine. This helps balance the car but introduces
   complexity and safety issues with large diameter cross-over piping &
   dual fuel feeds to a single carb, and slow filling of both cells
   (unless you use dual fillers which really PO-s people in a gas line
   behind you!  I had an aux tank for awhile in a commuter car and I
   regularly got yelled at when I finished gassing the main tank & then
   opened up the trunk for the 5-gallon aux). A couple of racers use front
   trunk mount fuel cells which solves some of the problems but doesn't
   allow enough capacity to make long trips comfortably. And the constant
   maintenance- changing foam each year, watching for punctures and leaks
   from the added lines, plus the lack of a reliable fuel gauge,  makes
   cells a poor, expensive choice for a street car.  They're really meant
   to prevent fires when crashing and that doesn't (or shouldn't!) happen
   much on the street. With these questions, are you building a dedicated
   racer?

Does anyone have any experience with replacing a stock pantera gas tank
   with a fuel cell?

   -----Original Message-----
   From: Boyd Casey <boyd411 at gmail.com>
   To: detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
   Sent: Wed, Aug 27, 2014 9:51 pm
   Subject: [DeTomaso] fuel cell
   Does anyone have any experience with replacing a stock pantera gas tank
   with a fuel cell?


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