Anyone have a fuel-cell on DD 240/260/280?

pcakes55 · October 27th, 2009, 07:07 PM

I'm planning on selling my gas tank, shaving the fuel filler door, and installing a fuel-cell in the "trunk" area.

My question is, has anyone done this with their DD and have problems with extreme gas fumes in the cab? Or is it miniscule?

I'd like to know what im getting into before i go through the hassle of installing the cell, Thanks.

Sparks280zt · October 27th, 2009, 07:38 PM

You would have to pop the hatch every time you fill up, and chances are you are going to drip some gas from the nozzle into the car.

I dont have one, but alot of people on here have stated they wish they didn't do the fuel cell for their dd.

Hopefully they will chime in.

J. Soileau RB26zcar · October 27th, 2009, 07:58 PM

I have no issues what so ever with mine. I fill it carefully, and don't get even a hint of fumes...

Grim · November 3rd, 2009, 01:44 PM

What I've always wanted to do was cut out the spare wheel well and weld a beaded sheet to give it some rigity and flush up the trunk floor. Then get a fuel cell, or make a custom one that went under the trunk floor and have a fill tube going behind the license plate like you see on other cars.

hoov100 · November 3rd, 2009, 02:11 PM

I am going to use a cell, with the filler tube in the factory location.

October 27th, 2009, 07:07 PM	#1
pcakes55 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Hudson, NH Posts: 8	Anyone have a fuel-cell on DD 240/260/280? I'm planning on selling my gas tank, shaving the fuel filler door, and installing a fuel-cell in the "trunk" area. My question is, has anyone done this with their DD and have problems with extreme gas fumes in the cab? Or is it miniscule? I'd like to know what im getting into before i go through the hassle of installing the cell, Thanks.

October 27th, 2009, 07:58 PM	#3
J. Soileau RB26zcar RB on da brain Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: lake charles, la. Posts: 2,933	I have no issues what so ever with mine. I fill it carefully, and don't get even a hint of fumes... __________________ Acura TL true HID ~see sig pics~ ® Click for^^ rb26dettZ pics or Photo Show

November 3rd, 2009, 01:44 PM	#4
Grim Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mountain Home, AR Posts: 428	What I've always wanted to do was cut out the spare wheel well and weld a beaded sheet to give it some rigity and flush up the trunk floor. Then get a fuel cell, or make a custom one that went under the trunk floor and have a fill tube going behind the license plate like you see on other cars. __________________ "We're all a bunch of mugs! We work twenty-four hours a day, don't eat; we don't sleep and we spend all of our money just so we can go out again next Sunday and break the damned car." - Horst Kwech, circa 1970 "I tipped the waitress five bucks for my soy latte. These lattes are good, good enough to kill for, but I would never do that. Killing is bad, unless you're killing gingivitis." - Robot Chicken, Virtue City

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October 27th, 2009, 07:38 PM	#2
Sparks280zt Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Hudson, NC Posts: 1,279	You would have to pop the hatch every time you fill up, and chances are you are going to drip some gas from the nozzle into the car. I dont have one, but alot of people on here have stated they wish they didn't do the fuel cell for their dd. Hopefully they will chime in.