z-ya Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 A few people from my local club are building a car for autocross and track events, it's a 72'. I came up with the basic design for a fuel cell, and another club member, who is in the metal fab business, made it. I think it came out awesome. I'm hoping it performs as good as it looks. There is a top plate (not shown), that will have a modified 280 2+2 filler neck attached to it with an overflow tube. Both the feed and return will connect to the bottom. If we have cavitation problems, we can move the return to the top of the tank. The idea was to integrate a surge tank into a fuel tank with baffling. There are two large baffles, and a surge tank in the middle. The surge tank is fed by 3/8" tubes along the bottom of the tank. The tubes point towards the fron and rear of the car. We built mini versions of this for our stock 240Z tanks when we did turbo conversions. I've done both autocrosses and track events with my turbo 240Z, without starvation problems during hard cornering. Pete http://www.zccne.addr.com/Race_Car/4-2003/cell_1.jpg http://www.zccne.addr.com/Race_Car/4-2003/cell_2.jpg http://www.zccne.addr.com/Race_Car/4-2003/cell_3.jpg http://www.zccne.addr.com/Race_Car/4-2003/cell_4.jpg http://www.zccne.addr.com/Race_Car/4-2003/cell_5.jpg http://www.zccne.addr.com/Race_Car/4-2003/cell_6.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB26powered74zcar Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 I like that Pete Thats a pretty slick job.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruxGNZ Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 Cool! I was looking at this one myself http://www.atlinc.com/racing/page10.htm !M! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxilary Posted April 9, 2003 Share Posted April 9, 2003 So...uh...how much to get one like that made for me? and what's the capacity on that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z-ya Posted April 9, 2003 Author Share Posted April 9, 2003 It was custom made by a guy a freind in the metal fab business. It cost him $500 to make this one, so you may be better off with a comercially available one. The capacity is around 12 gallons. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavyZ Posted April 10, 2003 Share Posted April 10, 2003 Yeah, you might be better off with a "Well Cell", but I'm not so sure it will fit. (22 inches in diameter and 8 inches high). Davy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudge Posted April 10, 2003 Share Posted April 10, 2003 I've seen a guy on another board fit one in the well, but cutting it out, since it was rectangular. That round design is neat though, I didnt think of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruxGNZ Posted April 10, 2003 Share Posted April 10, 2003 Look at the link I posted up top. fastzcars on here has this well cell. I PM'd him, but never got a response. Maybe he will chime in??? !M! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastzcars Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 Hi Guys, Hi Mat73gnz I never got your email. What would you like to know about the well cell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruxGNZ Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 How is the fit of the well cell? On the ATL website it says you have to put the cell together yourself, was this hard to do? Overall, how do you like it? !M! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastzcars Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 The cell is actually on the small side. I had to fab 2 side holders, about 2 inch's wide to fill the gap. The question about assembly puzzel's me? When I recieved it , it was fully assemble. I did have to take it apart to weld an extention tube to the stock gas door location. It was very straight forward, diassembly wise. When I thought of doing this, I didn't research the NHRA rules that you have to have a steel or an aluminum barrier between the driving compartment and the fuel cell. I may have to make a shelf to contain, and or devide the driving compartment from the fuel cell. Can anybody tell me what the NHRA rules say about that. And what I can do?Thaks guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruxGNZ Posted April 12, 2003 Share Posted April 12, 2003 Forget the assembly question, I didn't read ATL's web site good enough. I was stuck on "DO-IT-YOURSELFER" and "build your own metal container (drawing supplied)" If you don't mind me asking, how much did the ATL well cell cost you? Thanks for the info . I would like to know about the NHRA rules also. !M! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastzcars Posted April 12, 2003 Share Posted April 12, 2003 The cost of the cell was $354.00. I bought it at Earls' in Torrance California. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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