ttypewhite
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I posted a picture of my tank in the trunk yesterday and am getting a lot of pm's on it. So instead of replying to them all, I will put this thread together.
I was having a issue with my alky reservoir being in the engine compartment. With my 5" downpipe, naturally it draws a lot of heat. On long cruises in the summer time, I have noticed that the alky is bubbling in the reservoir which is just a matter of time before it creates a problem. So I got a fuel cell from Racetronix and installed it in my trunk. I opted for the 5 gallon one they had. It has the proper screening inside to aide in the alcohol sloshing around, and also comes with a electronic fuel sending unit so I can run a guage into pod or dashboard inside the car.
http://racetronix.biz/itemdesc.asp?ic=TANK-FT5GB&eq=&Tp=
I mounted it on my rear deck in between the back speakers. All the black fittings and telfon lines used for this install was from Racetronix as well and can be found on their website.
Ran a #8 ORB male fitting from the tank, to a #8 120 fitting, #8 teflon line, to a #8 45 fitting. Then drilled a hole into the trunk floor for a #8 bulk head fitting. Tightened it down and attached the line from the tank to it. Capped off all of the other ports and ran a vent at the top of the tank to the underside of the car.
On the bottom side of things, I mounted Razors alky pump close to the driver's side rear strut tower, grounded it to a spot I cleaned and scraped. Luckily enough, Razors electrical line that used to run into the engine compartment behind the passenger side head light to the alky pump was the correct length to reach behind to the back of the car where I mounted the pump. Not cutting or splicing required.
Ran the proper #8 fittings to the #8 teflon line into the alky pump from the #8 bulk head fitting.
From the pump I retained Razors fitting for the feed, and the filter. From that I ran a teflon line from the back to the engine compartment where it connects to T, then splits into separate feeds to Razors fittings for the intercooler pipe.
With the reservoir in the trunk, it cleans up a lot of space under the hood and just looks better not seeing a jug on that side anymore.
I was having a issue with my alky reservoir being in the engine compartment. With my 5" downpipe, naturally it draws a lot of heat. On long cruises in the summer time, I have noticed that the alky is bubbling in the reservoir which is just a matter of time before it creates a problem. So I got a fuel cell from Racetronix and installed it in my trunk. I opted for the 5 gallon one they had. It has the proper screening inside to aide in the alcohol sloshing around, and also comes with a electronic fuel sending unit so I can run a guage into pod or dashboard inside the car.
http://racetronix.biz/itemdesc.asp?ic=TANK-FT5GB&eq=&Tp=
I mounted it on my rear deck in between the back speakers. All the black fittings and telfon lines used for this install was from Racetronix as well and can be found on their website.
Ran a #8 ORB male fitting from the tank, to a #8 120 fitting, #8 teflon line, to a #8 45 fitting. Then drilled a hole into the trunk floor for a #8 bulk head fitting. Tightened it down and attached the line from the tank to it. Capped off all of the other ports and ran a vent at the top of the tank to the underside of the car.
On the bottom side of things, I mounted Razors alky pump close to the driver's side rear strut tower, grounded it to a spot I cleaned and scraped. Luckily enough, Razors electrical line that used to run into the engine compartment behind the passenger side head light to the alky pump was the correct length to reach behind to the back of the car where I mounted the pump. Not cutting or splicing required.
Ran the proper #8 fittings to the #8 teflon line into the alky pump from the #8 bulk head fitting.
From the pump I retained Razors fitting for the feed, and the filter. From that I ran a teflon line from the back to the engine compartment where it connects to T, then splits into separate feeds to Razors fittings for the intercooler pipe.
With the reservoir in the trunk, it cleans up a lot of space under the hood and just looks better not seeing a jug on that side anymore.
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