 Fuel Cells, how do they affect balance |
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| woobn8r |
 Apr 23 2007, 03:10 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 607 Joined: 7-January 07 From: Newmarket, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 7,435 Region Association: None  |
I have been contemplating a fuel cell mounted low in the front compartment...
While this may yeild a lower cg, it is also in front of the front wheel midline and will affect the overall balance. Has anybody done a before and after on corner weights? I'm sure I can deal with a set up for this new layout...but should I be fixing somthing that aint broke. If you do have a fuel cell, how big did you go, and how did you mount it? Pictures would be nice if you have 'em... Cheers, Sean |
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| john rogers |
Apr 23 2007, 05:57 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,525 Joined: 4-March 03 From: Chula Vista CA Member No.: 391 |
If you corner balance the car or borrow a set of scales you will find the 914 is a tad tail heavy and with your engine and trans combo I would say even more so that a stock car. I put the fuel cell (12 gal) in front of the bulkhead as low as possible so the weight is more forward to help the balance more. My dry sump oil tanl and transmission cooling system is in the rear trunk so I wanted all the weight forward that I could get. I start each 30 minute race with the tank full and the front grip is fantastic. The only issue I had was the front oil cooler sheet metal took a bit of work to go under the tank smoothly and out the bottom.
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woobn8r Fuel Cells Apr 23 2007, 03:10 PM
givory Sean,
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woobn8r
Sean,
Talk about the use for your car ie pure tra... Apr 23 2007, 04:08 PM Aaron Cox Patrick motor sports (PMS) makes a fuel safe cell ... Apr 23 2007, 06:13 PM URY914
Patrick motor sports (PMS) makes a fuel safe cell... Apr 23 2007, 06:18 PM drew365 I used a 12 ga. Fuelsafe. I need to have at least ... Apr 23 2007, 07:25 PM woobn8r Thanks for the replies gents...
The 12 US gallon ... Apr 23 2007, 10:13 PM drew365 I'm working on it. My car has had a lot of cha... Apr 24 2007, 09:01 AM john rogers Oversteer, no? The car runs Goodyear slicks and a ... Apr 24 2007, 10:27 AM woobn8r once again gents...Thank you!
Sean Apr 24 2007, 08:20 PM |
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