extend driving range to 600 miles
10-29-2009 | 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by GT_NFR,Oct 29 2009, 09:28 PM
How do you get almost 400 miles in an ap2? Is mine defective? I've never been over 310 miles per tank.
It's likely your driving style.
Just filled up 245miles, 8.1 gallons. Mixed driving. 80% freeway. If I pused that to 12 gallons that would be 360 miles.
10-29-2009 | 09:09 PM
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this should be easy to do, pickup trucks do it all the time. You need to find yourself a speed/racer type shop and have them fabricate a fuel cell for you, they should easily be able to weld one that will fit your trunk with only 10 gallon requirement. Then you have fuel pump refill the OEM tank with a switch on the dashboard.
By the way I really question that you can't find a pre-made fuel cell that will fit in the trunk.
Should not be too expensive, welding up a gas tank is super easy (that is a NEW tank, welding on a old tank is suicide without proper precautions), you then can use the tank as is or better yet put a bladder in it to prevent the gas from sloshing around when its half full, baffles also work but I much prefer the bladder.
1/8" aluminium and a day and you have a tank, nothing hard, no I wont weld one for you
By the way I really question that you can't find a pre-made fuel cell that will fit in the trunk.
Should not be too expensive, welding up a gas tank is super easy (that is a NEW tank, welding on a old tank is suicide without proper precautions), you then can use the tank as is or better yet put a bladder in it to prevent the gas from sloshing around when its half full, baffles also work but I much prefer the bladder.
1/8" aluminium and a day and you have a tank, nothing hard, no I wont weld one for you
10-30-2009 | 05:02 AM
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Originally Posted by rob-2,Oct 29 2009, 07:34 PM
I guess I'll have to see if the gas smell enters the cabin.
10-30-2009 | 06:48 AM
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Originally Posted by mikeyr,Oct 29 2009, 10:09 PM
this should be easy to do, pickup trucks do it all the time. You need to find yourself a speed/racer type shop and have them fabricate a fuel cell for you, they should easily be able to weld one that will fit your trunk with only 10 gallon requirement. Then you have fuel pump refill the OEM tank with a switch on the dashboard.
By the way I really question that you can't find a pre-made fuel cell that will fit in the trunk.
Should not be too expensive, welding up a gas tank is super easy (that is a NEW tank, welding on a old tank is suicide without proper precautions), you then can use the tank as is or better yet put a bladder in it to prevent the gas from sloshing around when its half full, baffles also work but I much prefer the bladder.
1/8" aluminium and a day and you have a tank, nothing hard, no I wont weld one for you
By the way I really question that you can't find a pre-made fuel cell that will fit in the trunk.
Should not be too expensive, welding up a gas tank is super easy (that is a NEW tank, welding on a old tank is suicide without proper precautions), you then can use the tank as is or better yet put a bladder in it to prevent the gas from sloshing around when its half full, baffles also work but I much prefer the bladder.
1/8" aluminium and a day and you have a tank, nothing hard, no I wont weld one for you