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Subject:Re: Long Range gas tanks
From:Matthew Pollard
Date:Wed, 6 Jun 2001 17:12:23 -0700

Cory, this has been addressed here a few times. The conclusion is that a
syncro tank would require you to lift the body up an inch or so and i
think that the starter (???) would interfere too.  Basicially- no, not
do-able within reason.

On the other hand, you can purchase a 21 (20?) gallon 2wd tank from Ken
Wilfey (www.vanagain.com).

What i've been thinking of doing (but will probably never do...) is put in
a few spun aluminum double walled fuel cells under the bus. These tanks
are about 6" diamter and come in a variety of lengths.  These are the
tanks that baja bug folks use- but they cost a pretty penny.

Ok, now back to work
matthew

Matthew Pollard             http://www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356
Dept. of Chemistry               http://www.chem.uidaho.edu
University of Idaho                   http://www.uidaho.edu

On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, DrCory wrote:

> Anybody ever think to put BOTH the Syncro gas tank AND the standard gas
> tank on a 2WD model. I'm sure the Syncro tank will fit over the 2WD
> transmission. If you've got a Westy, it might be handy to have that kind of
> range. And think of the range of a diesel!
>
> Cory
> '85GL Eurospec inline 4
>
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