CASC ( and probably SCCA, since CASC copies a lot of their regs directly
from SCCA) have a strict definition of what a fuel cell actually is. It
has to be approved by FIA, or similar short list of bodies, and it
invariably has to be the soft sided flexible bag type of cell, not the less
expensive cross-linked plastic hard bodied cells. it has to be installed
in a hard container, etc. and it is probably lifed at a replacement age
that makes it one of the more expensive bits on the car, if you actually
replace it on schedule, which no one does. So as with all things, check
with all of the clubs that you'll race with to be sure that whatever you
buy will be legal with all of them.
Cheers, Brian
At 08:26 AM 2/17/01 -0500, lwdent wrote:
>First of all, if you have to buy a new cell call Speedway at 402 323
>3200. They have standard size fuel cells at 1/3rd the price of the
>major mfg's.
>
>Second, Bill Dalton will likely reply. Do what he says. He is tech for
>one of the major vintage bodies.
>
>Briefly, the cell must be fully enclosed in a metal box, as it were, and
>then the metal box must be secured to the body in such a manner that it
>will not come loose in the trunk, or worse, come roaring down the track
>or into someone elses windshield.
>
>Normally the cell is the easiest thing to prep on a race car, especially
>a Turkey Bird with a big trunk.
>
>Larry Dent, Former Factory Driver of the Turkey Bird (Tirebird).
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