[Spridgets] Fuel tank modification help

Trevor Jessie trevor.jessie at gmail.com
Fri Sep 14 18:04:06 MDT 2012


Wouldn't it be safer over by the tire rather than in the center?

-Trevor

On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 7:55 PM, Glen Byrns <grbyrns at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm adding a dual outlet "blister" to the bottom of my bugeye's tank to
> cure
> starvation to the EFI pump when cornering at low fuel levels. The add on
> from
> Moroso is about 3" deep. Too deep for ground clearance me thinks. With my
> car
> disassembled and off at the blaster, I can't get a good guess at how much
> to
> cut down the piece before welding it on.
> So the question for a bugeye owner is how many inches of diff you see below
> the tank, looked at straight on from behind?  How many inches of depth
> added
> to the middle bottom of the tank will look OK and have decent ground
> clearance.    This is to get a more elegant fix than adding an external
> swirl
> tank fed by a low pressure pump. Too much plumbing. Tank and "annex" are
> both
> factory fresh, so save the safety lectures.
> Thanks,
> Glen Byrns
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