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Fuel Cell Fitted

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#1 ·
Couple of guys were intereseted to see the pics of how I fitted my fuel cell to the XD.

Stainless steel trough welded up for it to sit in. Still room for the spare wheel! 45* filler neck going on to fit the "behind the number plate" fuel cap.

Heaps of room for the twin 2.5" system. Now the fun of plumbing it all up.

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#3 ·
Very nice. Are you sticking with the filler like that or are you going to use the standard filler on the car?

I found out the hard way a fuel cell/tank requires to be able to be filled from the stock fill point. So I've had to remove over $1000 worth of equipment from mine. God damn Vic laws! Not sure whats the go with WA though.

I'd love to put mine back in but I think my hornet scoops pull me over for a look. So I don't want to risk it. I'll get it plastic welded and run the cell again when I get time ;)

Brenden
 
#6 ·
Yeah, WA says no to an internal fill too. Ill unbolt the current cap and I have a Jazz 45 degree filler neck that bolts on. I'll then run a fat fuel tube up to behind the rear number plate so I can fill it from outside. I'll post a pic when its done.

I still have to fabricate a new "stone guard plate thingy"??? which sits under the rear bumper. Then you'll only see about 2 inches of the tank sitting under the car when viewed from behind.

Thanks for the compliments!
 
#10 ·
Stroke: it's a 20 gallon cell, so thats about 70 litres. Quite deceiving really looking at the size of it. So its only a tad under the normal XD tank size. It's the biggest size you can get in these pre made aluminium cells. Anything less would be a REAL restriction on range.........unless I carried a few jerries around too.
 
#14 ·
gregaust said:
Very nice job.Can i ask what brand tank that is or where it came from as i am planning a similar setup..What dimensions are the box that is welded in the floor and what thickness metal did you use? Thanks for any help you can give.
Thanks.

It's a Summit Racing factory made 20 US gallon tank (with level sender). They're about $70 cheaper without the sender............but you'd want to make sure your NRMA/RAC membership is up to date!

I bought in when in the US for about US$275

Here's the link to American Auto parts in Sydney who supply the identical RCI versions (who Summit copied them for a bit cheaper!)

https://www.americanautos.com.au/cg...&formname=prices&newform=product&option=2211C

Here's the Summit Racing web link........look for the corresponding part number for a picture.

RCI Tanks

http://store.summitracing.com/default.asp?target=eproduct.asp&N=120+4294925239+4294923361+304364


Summit Tanks

http://store.summitracing.com/default.asp?target=eproduct.asp&N=120+4294925239+4294923361+305671

The trough is about 0.6 mm gauge heavy duty steel (freaking tough). Has an inch gap on the sides and about 2 inches front & back for clearnace of custom pipe fittings.
 
#15 ·
TheTechGod said:
I'm not sure what this thread is about, is it this:
http://science.howstuffworks.com/fuel-cell.htm/printable

Or something else?

If it is what I linked to, then WOW! How are you using it to power the engine? What have you modified?
Would be nice, but.............

A fuel "cell" in this context is just a fancy name for a fuel tank.

400hp from just tap water would be great!
 
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