Dang...that's pretty harsh man. Without knowing the details of what they've
tried (sounds like they've tried a few things), I can't say much about their
methods. However, there's no need to say anything that harsh to them, we're
all in this to learn. Heck in the 2003 West competition, I've seen so many
teams failed safety the first time through. Anyone made it through the first
time?
In any case, here's our solution:
- with sheet metal, we made a wall around the gas tank. Tall enough to catch
the splatter. Leave one side of the wall around the gas tank with a hole for
the drain chute (just like the slide at the park).
- Make the drain chute. We shaped ours just like a park slide, except instead
of it open at the end, we made a wall at the end so the spilled gas will go
into the chute and pool at the end. At the lowest part of the chute (ours is
farthest from the gas tank), we drilled a small hole, inserted a piece of
tubing and sealed it with silicone.
- drape the tubing around (make sure it's pretty long) the firewall or
something, and voila...you're done.
We did move the gas tank away from the motor, although the above also worked
for last year's car where we didn't remote mount the gas tank. If you
remotely mount the gas tank, you probably can mount the cookie sheet pan
directly under the gas tank to catch the spilled gas, and make the tubing to
drain it away.
Hope this helps. For those who've never done this before, you'll be very
surprised at how helpful other teams are. I've seen teams let others borrow
things from tires, engines, welders, to just about anything you can think of.
See ya in a few days.
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