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Woody
post Jan 3 2014, 08:26 AM
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My fuel level sender isn't very accurate anymore and instead of taking the time to fix it I have been toying with the idea of going with a fuel cell instead. The car is AX mostly with some track days thrown in. I will occasionally drive it the three miles to work but for the most part it is trailered. I was thinking somewhere around an 8 gallon fuel cell. What are you guys running?
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post Jan 10 2014, 11:56 PM
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Also remember that bladders and foam inserts have a shelf life before disintegrating and causing issues in filters and pumps, I want to say 5 years or so (someone with more experience with them will need to chime in). Not real cheap to replace the bladders either.

You may want to experiment with foam in your existing tank. I'm not sure if it's a bad idea or not, never heard of anyone ever doing it Ina stock tank before, probably a good reason.
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post Jan 15 2014, 12:46 AM
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QUOTE(infraredcalvin @ Jan 10 2014, 09:56 PM) *

Also remember that bladders and foam inserts have a shelf life before disintegrating and causing issues in filters and pumps, I want to say 5 years or so (someone with more experience with them will need to chime in). Not real cheap to replace the bladders either.

You may want to experiment with foam in your existing tank. I'm not sure if it's a bad idea or not, never heard of anyone ever doing it Ina stock tank before, probably a good reason.


You are spot on regarding the shelf life to an extent. I had one made up by an aircraft fuel company about 4 years ago in the factory location.It cost me close to $1900.00 . I inquire of the shelf life and the only thing they wanted me to do was to keep it topped off with fuel to keep the bladder moist so it will not dry up.
For those that have it up front,have you thought of a front in accident and moving the weight to the front? I guess one can say to balance the rear-(IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Good luck.

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Woody   Fuel cells   Jan 3 2014, 08:26 AM
brant   only bladder'd cells are legal in road racing ...   Jan 3 2014, 09:26 AM
Woody   only bladder'd cells are legal in road racing...   Jan 3 2014, 09:35 AM
Woody   only bladder'd cells are legal in road racing...   Jan 3 2014, 09:36 AM
brant   or buy the safer product once and avoid having to ...   Jan 3 2014, 10:19 AM
Han Solo   I'm not sure how safe this would be but here...   Jan 3 2014, 11:14 AM
Woody   Looks like summit has some nice bladder fuel cells...   Jan 3 2014, 11:15 AM
Borderline   I'm running a 3 gallon cell mounted vertical i...   Jan 3 2014, 11:23 AM
Matt Romanowski   So instead of fixing your sender, you're going...   Jan 3 2014, 12:05 PM
Woody   So instead of fixing your sender, you're goin...   Jan 3 2014, 12:50 PM
john914somers   My fuel level sender isn't very accurate anym...   Jan 4 2014, 09:41 PM
carr914   You can buy Fuel Cells Direct from Fuel safe and o...   Jan 4 2014, 10:57 PM
Seabird   Is there any reason not to use a ATL well cell? I...   Jan 8 2014, 12:08 PM
infraredcalvin   Also remember that bladders and foam inserts have ...   Jan 10 2014, 11:56 PM
396   Also remember that bladders and foam inserts have...   Jan 15 2014, 12:46 AM
stugray   This was only ~$300 http://www.914world.com/b...   Jan 11 2014, 02:07 PM
MikeSpraggi   This was only $500 more or less, with a new b...   Jan 13 2014, 09:29 PM
Woody   So does anyone know how much a stock fuel tanks we...   Jan 17 2014, 01:39 PM
brant   So does anyone know how much a stock fuel tanks w...   Jan 17 2014, 02:10 PM


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