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Who cares if you can't see the whole car lol. I have severe weakness for Z cars and aluminum!

....I knew this would be expensive lol... I agree, You get what you pay for. An upholster could also finish the edges instead just a rough cut. Those details really show. EDIT: my interior is grim, has no carpet. i wish.

Looks great Clifton, but how do you keep the tires from destroying your fenders?

Glenn, Could you tell us what paint process did you finish your compartment with? Single stage, epoxy or ?? It looks super great! Brian

Great idea 280zforce! Did you also use this carpet technique up front too? pic

Looks like he tried to power out of it, and didn't pan out. haha Ya wheelie bars would have been cheap insurance.

A templete is the way to to it. Might as well sink the whole cell. With all the power you plan, i.e blower (way cool might as well do it right, traction. My fuel lines. The 3/8 alum feed line is in the tunnel, like 240z stock, then up to mid firewall to carb. Not good, if I ever break a DS etc.., oh well good enough for now. I hear ya about the heat and frame rails. The best place I guess would be along the inside of the frame rail. Some on Hybridz run the lines inside updated frame rails. Cool idea, but hope it never leaks. The vent is behind the tub in a double coiled braided loop with a filter on the end. You can kind of see it in the second pic. It would be cool to find a some kind of racer vent seperator can, but hard to keep it vented below the fuel level. Again inside the car like stock and the cell has only one vent/return option. If your cell has bottom fittings you should be able to keep almost all the fuel lines under the car which is a bonus indeed.

Killer Design! Attention Nissan, Take note!

Your welcome Jason, I cut out the floor and spare tire area out as you mentioned. Then boxed the floor with 1.250 square channel. The alum tub is tied into the channel. This now makes the tub and floor a 3D stressed member frame of the car in essence to the oem structure. The cell floats inside with foam between the tub and red steel summit cell. Here is the cell I used. http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=SUM%2D290112&N=700+4294925239+4294839036+115&autoview=sku When I bought my car it a had a alum cell mounted inside the car as you suggested doing and did run it for a while. Just know the typical tabs mounted to these thin gauged cells along with a few 1/4-20 fasteners will not hold back the weight of the fuel in a serious crash. I'm sure you know this already and No car is safe. You could cut your spare tire well out, weld the opening flat, and hang a cell with some kind of straps from underneath. Search hybridz, I have seen a few do that here. The cost/work would be about the same and may make things safer while you move onto other projects. Maybe someone could a post pic as to help to better explain. Brian

Thanks Davy! Coming from you that's a true compliment! I tried to make it as safe as possible, without using a Real Fuel Safe. Found an 11 gal with would fit the tub, but the $800 was spent elsewhere lol. Jason, It is a Very Unsafe idea to run fuel lines or pumps of any kind inside the cabin area. You can see in the pics with this current cell I had to briefly to get the fuel and vent down though floor bulkhead fittings. Someday I'll cap it off with an aluminum hinged cover. So try to avoid it the best you can. We wouldn't want to loose you to a fire it you had a leak.

Industrial Designer. 15 years of designing chrome accessories for the Harley Davidson and Honda Gold Wing motorcycle markets. I also work in the family buisness manufacturing automotive accessories as well. Many people want my job.

I think the best set up for a Z would fully adjustable, within the realm of a Z car. Every ride and expectation is different. I can't wait till mine all adjustable. Stay tuned! hehe:)

Looks Great Jon!

Here are some of my Z with summit "fuel cell" in an aluminum tub. Weight down low, 12 gallons. Every car different but here is how I did it.

Terry, did you make your dash from abs vacuum formed? Very attention to detail!

Any pics would help.

Nice parts washer!

...still waiting for carpet.

My parents did same thing in a 73 z with both me at 4 yrs and my younger sister in back! It was so long ago it seemed roomy back there. Those were the days. Safety what? I think the garage racing term is called "floaters".

Looks great! I dont mean to dog your effort here at all. In fact I much admire your hard work to our Z community. My question is, how can you manufacture this part and expect it to fit every car? I only say that when I did mine the angles and pieces per the print did vary quite enough that the vertical plates would have not purchased down against the tunnel properly on a 30+ year old car. That and different hybrid transmission locations to diff relationships can alter this part enough where room for final shim pinion adjustment might be out of tolernace in some cases. There are too many variables here to nail this part to a print and say its golden. The print to me is only a "reference" to his basic great design layout. JustinOlson and olie05, You nailed it! "I'm interested in a weld it yourself kit."

Dude, Your car is kickfckinass!

Great idea, But it would be cool if someone found an alternative path for the upper as well on the 71' which is a different joint layout compared to 78'.

17 pounds of Boost! Wow, very impressive! Phil when the clutch is in ya gotta make a vid of that baby burning rubber insane krazy.