

| Subject: | Re: Reason for Saddle-shaped gas tank |
| From: | Jake de Villiers |
| Date: | Sun, 24 Sep 2006 10:32:56 -0700 |
People are paying $550.00 plus shipping for 85 litre tanks, so......... On 9/24/06, Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@gmail.com> wrote: > > ATL makes amazing custom fuel bladders/cells (what Skip Barber Racing > School uses on their cars). They might be a bit expensive though. > > Sudhir > > On 9/23/06, Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote: > > Well if you wanted to get serious, you'd get a race car type fuel cell > and > > be done with it. No rusting, no leaks, no problem. We had a custom > bladder > > made for our car but it was so long ago I don't remember where. Tilton > might > > be a good start, or Google. > > > > On 9/23/06, Robert Fisher <refisher@mchsi.com> wrote: > > > > > > You would think that out of all of the gas tanks manufactured in this > > > world > > > there would be one that had a larger capacity (i.e. no valley) and the > > > (approximate) appropriate dimensions... > > > I was looking at my stepdad's Cadillac... the filler is on the rear > > > driver's > > > side, and the outlets of course go towards the front of the car, so if > you > > > flipped it around you'd have the various holes near the general > required > > > locations. > > > I spent a little time looking online some time ago but I didn't have > the > > > measurements and I wasn't real motivated about it at that point but > I'm > > > eventually going to have to deal with the condition of the tank and > its > > > extremities just as so many others have done. There has to be an > adaptable > > > near-bolt in solution out there and unless I'm missing something it > > > shouldn't be that complicated. What would be the main pros and cons to > > > consider? > > > > > > Robert > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Jake > > 1984 Vanagon GL > > 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" > > www.crescentbeachguitar.com > > > -- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" www.crescentbeachguitar.com
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