fuel cell install?
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Car: 1985 camaro z28
Engine: 355 sbc what else
Transmission: TH 350 manual vb/ 4200 stall
Axle/Gears: 4:30 on the street
fuel cell install?
just wondered if anyone has installed a fuel cell in a car that is both nhra legal and safe to drive on the street.
things i would like to know are: do you need a firewall or something?
where to find the parts to make it legal?
pics would be awesome, but any help would be great. never had to install one in a car with an open cockpit to the "trunk area". thanks for the info
things i would like to know are: do you need a firewall or something?
where to find the parts to make it legal?
pics would be awesome, but any help would be great. never had to install one in a car with an open cockpit to the "trunk area". thanks for the info
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Re: fuel cell install?
Yes you do need to isolate the fuel cell from the drivers compartment and I know some guys will probably jump in and post some pics hopefully but I can give you a link to ed quay which makes parts that could definitly work for what you need. On page 18-19 of this catalog in the website their is fuel cells, mounting brackets, and covers to make it a legal setup. Good luck with your project.
http://www.edquay.com/camaro/82-92camaro_catalog.pdf
http://www.edquay.com/camaro/82-92camaro_catalog.pdf
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You can keep the stock gauge with a cell too. There are many sources that offer nice tube style level senders that can be had in any ohm range you want. I have some stainless ones I think they are from Wema and can be had in 0-90 Ohm in any length you want.
Here's where I converted a corvette tank for one.
Here's where I converted a corvette tank for one.
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Car: 1985 camaro z28
Engine: 355 sbc what else
Transmission: TH 350 manual vb/ 4200 stall
Axle/Gears: 4:30 on the street
Re: fuel cell install?
Yes you do need to isolate the fuel cell from the drivers compartment and I know some guys will probably jump in and post some pics hopefully but I can give you a link to ed quay which makes parts that could definitly work for what you need. On page 18-19 of this catalog in the website their is fuel cells, mounting brackets, and covers to make it a legal setup. Good luck with your project.
http://www.edquay.com/camaro/82-92camaro_catalog.pdf
http://www.edquay.com/camaro/82-92camaro_catalog.pdf
thanks for the link i will have to go check that out.
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Re: fuel cell install?
thought about doing that, but i am looking into one of those anti- roll bars for the rear suspension and it looks like the factory tank will be in the way.
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Re: fuel cell install?
i was thinking of a competition engineering style that you can pre-load the rearend with. plus i have a moser 12 bolt and the stock one doesn't fit.
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Re: fuel cell install?
what about on of the all aluminium cells from RCI. I would mount it in the luggage area like the one from Qauy Racecars. Do you guys know if I would still have to cover something like that?
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Car: 1985 camaro z28
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Transmission: TH 350 manual vb/ 4200 stall
Axle/Gears: 4:30 on the street
Re: fuel cell install?
ok i see what you mean about putting the antiroll bar on the axle. I have never seen that before. Very cool way of installing one. thanks man
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so i'm digging through my pictures and none really show the tabs too well, gimme a few mins and ill get my lazy *** under my car and try and get a close up for ya
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k bro check it out, hella crap behind my car and it's a lil dark in the garage so i was under it with a flash light and the pictures are a lil dark so bare with me. Don't feel like moving all the stuff out the way right now. So the bar comes with 2 plates, i believe they are 4"x3". You weld those to the part of the unibody that looks like it would be frame if it was a full frame car. So the bar also comes with 4 tabs, 2 for each side. Since it's the same bar they make for the 4th gen the tabs don't sit perfectly centered on the plates that you welded onto the body. So the most inside tabs on each end you actually have to weld to the edge of the plate (once again on the inside). The outside tabs are pretty centered on the provided plates. Hope that makes sense.
If you still can't picture it i'll take some more pictures when I'm feelin more up to it . Both pictures are from the drivers side mount.
If you still can't picture it i'll take some more pictures when I'm feelin more up to it . Both pictures are from the drivers side mount.
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Car: 1985 camaro z28
Engine: 355 sbc what else
Transmission: TH 350 manual vb/ 4200 stall
Axle/Gears: 4:30 on the street
Re: fuel cell install?
so is this antiroll bar removable. And I mean just the bar that runs under the axle.
Also, do you know what size rod ends are used?
One more thing, when you sumped the stock tank what did you cap the orginal opening with?
And did you add any baffles?
Also, do you know what size rod ends are used?
One more thing, when you sumped the stock tank what did you cap the orginal opening with?
And did you add any baffles?
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No it is not removable, can't recall what size the rod ends are. It's a wolfe set up, give em a holler and I'm sure they can tell ya. Didn't add any baffles, used a hole saw on the factory tank and added the sump under it also didn't cap any of the lines that i'm no longer using on the tank (yup, cap em and add a roll over vent if you wanna do it right)
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Car: 1985 camaro z28
Engine: 355 sbc what else
Transmission: TH 350 manual vb/ 4200 stall
Axle/Gears: 4:30 on the street
Re: fuel cell install?
thanks for the info man. It has been outstanding in the help department.
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excellent jes. that's exactly what i needed to see. it looks like it mounts just a bit further up the "frame rail" as the factory sway bar endlink tabs do. i'm sure the wolfe bar comes with some sort of instructions too. this probably won't NEED to happen this summer, but maybe next winter.
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Re: fuel cell install?
If you'll be running pump gas I'd stay away from aluminum cells. Ethanol is much like methanol in it's corrosion properties; we've seen a lot of issues with just the typical "e10" blends in boats and carbed muscle cars, both in the tank and in the carb.
x2 on the hole saw trick. you can drill 3-4 decent sized holes and then just weld the sump over them. Makes for a great baffle and a better over-all install.
x2 on the hole saw trick. you can drill 3-4 decent sized holes and then just weld the sump over them. Makes for a great baffle and a better over-all install.
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very cool. i'm thinking upper 1.4x's won't be out of the question soon, so i'm definitely going to be looking into that stuff. this stuff just doesn't look that hard to fabricate. definetely thinking if i fabricate this stuff i can save some bucks. $450+ is just insane for this type of stuff.
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Re: fuel cell install?
very cool. i'm thinking upper 1.4x's won't be out of the question soon, so i'm definitely going to be looking into that stuff. this stuff just doesn't look that hard to fabricate. definetely thinking if i fabricate this stuff i can save some bucks. $450+ is just insane for this type of stuff.
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