Hi chaps,
I'm looking into having some fuel tanks made and not sure about thickness of ally to use. I have seen tanks that can only be 1mm at the most on a GTD and I'm sure I read somewhere that one of the manufacturers supplies them in 3mm ally. I'm going to have explosafe foam in them and a send/return fuel lines for when I upgrade to injection. (Am I right in thinking the send and return should be as far apart as possible for fuel circulation ?) I will also put on breathers at each end of the tanks - for parking on hills. Also there will be a baffle around the fuel level sender. I was also thinking about putting a baffle just before the filler neck so that the fuel has a bit of a chance to soak into the foam or is this unecessary. Having never used the foam before is it easy to compress like normal foam for seats ?
Any input appreciated.
I'm looking into having some fuel tanks made and not sure about thickness of ally to use. I have seen tanks that can only be 1mm at the most on a GTD and I'm sure I read somewhere that one of the manufacturers supplies them in 3mm ally. I'm going to have explosafe foam in them and a send/return fuel lines for when I upgrade to injection. (Am I right in thinking the send and return should be as far apart as possible for fuel circulation ?) I will also put on breathers at each end of the tanks - for parking on hills. Also there will be a baffle around the fuel level sender. I was also thinking about putting a baffle just before the filler neck so that the fuel has a bit of a chance to soak into the foam or is this unecessary. Having never used the foam before is it easy to compress like normal foam for seats ?
Any input appreciated.