[DeTomaso] Fuel cell

[Bjoern Flesland]

Are your tanks regarded as fuel cells?
Do they have a bladder and foam inside?
If so, are they SFI or FIA certified?
Cheers Bjoern

On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 8:23 PM, Arjun Ghosh-Dastidar
<arjun.ghoshdastidar at gmail.com> wrote:
>    Ron McCall designed and built a twin-tank set up for my car that is
>    similar to what Jack is describing. Holds 12.5 gal on each side for a
>    total of 25 gal.A
>    You can chose which side to use or drain from both sides. Gauge can
>    show fuel volume in either tank. You can fill up from either side.
>    I have this set up on my Pantera and my Ferrari 308 - both passed NASA
>    and SCCA tech inspection.
>    Ron has the blueprints for the tanks so he can easily fab one up for
>    you. Picture of my 308 tanks attached.
>
>    On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 2:09 PM, Jack DeRyke via DeTomaso
>    <[1]detomaso at poca.com> wrote:
>
>      A  A I have seen a pair of fuel cells run in race Panteras in the
>      past. They
>      A  A were simple rectangular blocks about 12" thick and sized to fit
>      one on
>      A  A each side of the engine, with a large connection tube between
>      the two
>      A  A tanks that ran in front of the engine. Each held about 10
>      gallons.
>      A  A Advantage is, you get better balance since only half the fuel
>      volume is
>      A  A in either tank, and all of it is far lower in the chassis than
>      would be
>      A  A a single tank behind the driver. Disadvantage is more
>      complexity, far
>      A  A more chance of fuel leaks from dual cells, and no gauge. Don't
>      know who
>      A  A built them but any of the commercial fuel-cell builders likely
>      have
>      A  A such. Quella runs a single cell in the front trunk of his
>      A  A tube-frame/plastic-body Pantera that seems about the same
>      size.10
>      A  A gallons or so would be OK for open track events but too small
>      for
>      A  A Silver State or most street use. Power requires fuel: Jr Wilson
>      with
>      A  A around 900 bhp once emptied a 42 gallon cell in only 92 miles
>      of WFO
>      A  A running in one Silver State event....plan accordingly.
>      A  A -----Original Message-----
>      A  A From: Boyd Casey <[2]boyd411 at gmail.com>
>      A  A To: detomaso <[3]detomaso at poca.com>
>      A  A Sent: Fri, Nov 21, 2014 8:03 am
>      A  A Subject: [DeTomaso] Fuel cell
>      A  A Some one listed a fuel cell for sale the other day but by the
>      time I
>      A  A made contact it was already spoken for. I an in the process if
>      A  A replacing my engine with a HIPOA engine and would like to
>      replace my
>      A  A fuel tank. Some one mentioned in the past that Dennis Quella at
>      one
>      A  A time carried or could supply a fuel cell that fit A in the
>      original
>      A  A fuel tank space perfectly. Does any one know off any other
>      replacement
>      A  A fuel tanks or fuel cells that fit the original space but offer
>      some
>      A  A advantageous over the original tank? (like a fuel cell, or
>      Superior
>      A  A material , roll over protection etc? If so who carries it and
>      would you
>      A  A know the cost?
>      A  A Thanks,
>      A  A Boyd
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