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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>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.<BR> <BR>Jason Eaton had some detail on his website for using dual off the shelf fuel cells that fit the available space each side. <BR> <BR>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.<BR> <BR>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.<BR> <BR>Julian<br> <BR><div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: dnunn@telus.net<br>To: detomaso@poca.com<br>Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 11:51:29 -0800<br>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Front trunk fuel cell?<br><br><style><!--
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--></style><div class="ecxWordSection1"><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">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. </span></p></div><br>_______________________________________________
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