Wheatley's 6262 build
#646
WOW the cage turned out GREAT!
Kudos to Jeremy and his crew on the fab work everything is nice and tucked up to the headliner and very functional......when i see that i kick myself for not going through the dash with mine
I'm diggin those Kirkey's that you and Chris have i may pick some up would you mind shooting me some pics of the seat brackets if you have more detailed pics of them?
Sucks to hear about the FP being on backorder......
Kudos to Jeremy and his crew on the fab work everything is nice and tucked up to the headliner and very functional......when i see that i kick myself for not going through the dash with mine
I'm diggin those Kirkey's that you and Chris have i may pick some up would you mind shooting me some pics of the seat brackets if you have more detailed pics of them?
Sucks to hear about the FP being on backorder......
I can look through my pics for some of the brackets, they are done differently than Chris's.
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Thanks everybody for the props on the cage, I think it turned out great! Looking forward to doing some more!
I can't wait to see this thing making some JAM down the track soon!
Fathouse
I can't wait to see this thing making some JAM down the track soon!
Fathouse
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I've been busting *** on this thing every spare minute I get and the list is getting small. I still need to finish up the fuel system and have all the parts for it other than the pump. Other than plumbing the fuel feed line the engine bay is wrapped up. When the car was down getting the cage a Fatfab catch can appeared before pickup. I went ahead and coated it black along with redoing the fatfab charge pipes and the valve cover.
This isn't something I've talked much about and am going to keep everyone up to date if it works out or not. I wanted a few things to change on my fuel system.
1. One pump
2. Sumped
3. Factory fuel gauge usage
Before I took the car down to fatfab I removed the stock tank and made a mock up replacement tank. This is a prototype but for the most part came out really nice. This is a bolt in replacement tank that a oem fuel pump hanger will bolt into and oem fill neck will fill. The only thing we modified was a place to put an extra safety strap under the rear seat. Its anodized and has two -12 feeds, -12 vent and currently using stock hanger for return. I can run a bulk head -8/-10 if fuel pressure can't be kept under control. For the time being a magnafuel 4303 fuel pump will be used with a -12 feed and -10 to rail. With one -12 opened it emptied the tank in under a minute. I did a quick water test and it appears to be about 6 1/4 gallons. I know that doesn't sound like much but even when the oem tank is completely drained there is still a good amount of fuel left that is below the pickup socks. I also never ran the stock tank below a 1/4 tank at the track. So a 12-14 gallon oem tank with a 1/4 tank is a minimum of 3-3.5 gallons of fuel weight that is unneeded. I estimate this tank will cut my range in half to about 100 miles, for me that is farther than I ever take it without there being an ethanol station anyways. From what I'm thinking on the factory gauge is that it will read half full when full and empty when empty if my math is correct on replacing the saddle side pot in the circuit. I thought of a solution for that tonight as well and will update once I try it out.
This isn't something I've talked much about and am going to keep everyone up to date if it works out or not. I wanted a few things to change on my fuel system.
1. One pump
2. Sumped
3. Factory fuel gauge usage
Before I took the car down to fatfab I removed the stock tank and made a mock up replacement tank. This is a prototype but for the most part came out really nice. This is a bolt in replacement tank that a oem fuel pump hanger will bolt into and oem fill neck will fill. The only thing we modified was a place to put an extra safety strap under the rear seat. Its anodized and has two -12 feeds, -12 vent and currently using stock hanger for return. I can run a bulk head -8/-10 if fuel pressure can't be kept under control. For the time being a magnafuel 4303 fuel pump will be used with a -12 feed and -10 to rail. With one -12 opened it emptied the tank in under a minute. I did a quick water test and it appears to be about 6 1/4 gallons. I know that doesn't sound like much but even when the oem tank is completely drained there is still a good amount of fuel left that is below the pickup socks. I also never ran the stock tank below a 1/4 tank at the track. So a 12-14 gallon oem tank with a 1/4 tank is a minimum of 3-3.5 gallons of fuel weight that is unneeded. I estimate this tank will cut my range in half to about 100 miles, for me that is farther than I ever take it without there being an ethanol station anyways. From what I'm thinking on the factory gauge is that it will read half full when full and empty when empty if my math is correct on replacing the saddle side pot in the circuit. I thought of a solution for that tonight as well and will update once I try it out.
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Capacity is between 6.25-6.5 gallons, all useable. I have the stock tank on my shop floor that I drained with the tank dropped and it still has a decent amount of fuel in it! I have no easy way of weighing what the stock tank weighs with the fuel that can't be sucked out by stock pump location or via the drains even with the tank dropped. Stock tank weight from what I've seen on here is 36 lbs dry. This tank is sub 10lbs, I don't have an accurate postage scale but it was under 10 on our home scale. I expect well over 30 lbs of savings from race weight on stock tank to this tank due to being able to use all the fuel in the cell without concerns of cavitation. This is going into production if everything works out. There has been a manufacturing process change since this one was built and the next set will be even nicer.
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Thanks, I dig it as well!
Capacity is between 6.25-6.5 gallons, all useable. I have the stock tank on my shop floor that I drained with the tank dropped and it still has a decent amount of fuel in it! I have no easy way of weighing what the stock tank weighs with the fuel that can't be sucked out by stock pump location or via the drains even with the tank dropped. Stock tank weight from what I've seen on here is 36 lbs dry. This tank is sub 10lbs, I don't have an accurate postage scale but it was under 10 on our home scale. I expect well over 30 lbs of savings from race weight on stock tank to this tank due to being able to use all the fuel in the cell without concerns of cavitation. This is going into production if everything works out. There has been a manufacturing process change since this one was built and the next set will be even nicer.
Capacity is between 6.25-6.5 gallons, all useable. I have the stock tank on my shop floor that I drained with the tank dropped and it still has a decent amount of fuel in it! I have no easy way of weighing what the stock tank weighs with the fuel that can't be sucked out by stock pump location or via the drains even with the tank dropped. Stock tank weight from what I've seen on here is 36 lbs dry. This tank is sub 10lbs, I don't have an accurate postage scale but it was under 10 on our home scale. I expect well over 30 lbs of savings from race weight on stock tank to this tank due to being able to use all the fuel in the cell without concerns of cavitation. This is going into production if everything works out. There has been a manufacturing process change since this one was built and the next set will be even nicer.
#653
The pricing will be handled through fatfab once they release them for sale. It was designed to use stock hanger and is the same depth as the stock tank from flange to bottom so it should work fine. I'm working on a solution for the fuel gauge to function properly, from what I'm seeing right now its looking like it will read at "half" when "full" and empty when empty. The oem gauge function was important to me but with the stock tanking have two potentiometers with different ohm sweeps it doesn't look like its going to be an easy fix for the gauge to work from full to empty as a complete sweep.
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Wow, that tank looks clean too.
I know Evo'D was making tanks but not for the stock fuel hanger. I also might be interested, wish they were released sooner so I wouldnt have to modify my current fuel lines.
I know Evo'D was making tanks but not for the stock fuel hanger. I also might be interested, wish they were released sooner so I wouldnt have to modify my current fuel lines.
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If you're using stock hanger you'd be fine, if you want to run the sump part you'd only need a few feet of hose and a few fittings depending on your setup. Not that large of a job to drop 25+ lbs