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Originally Posted by phunk
this is suitable for a stripped lightweight track car... but of course unacceptable for a street driven vehicle, especially one that may be resold one day. If I were to convert my 370z to nothing but a dedicated track car, i might consider doing this. However, I feel that if you are willing to fabricate on the fuel tank, why not just simply open it up and solve the problem then seal it back together, retaining full capacity? A half-tank is kind of a thought-free solution if you just want the problem solved I suppose.
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Thought free? Nice weight drop, puts weight on passenger side where I wanted it. 9 gallons more than enough for typical track session, clean look. Retains all stock fuel filler equipment and position. Allows me to put diff cooler in back with no net weight gain. For enthusiast it's pretty straight forward and why just for dedicated track car? I drive my car on the street. Yes you have to make determination about resale of car however if you have put a cage in your car etc its an option. It's not quite the same commitment as fuel cell.
If I had a dedicated race car I'd go for a fuel cell for sure. Stock tank isn't worth keeping regardless of what has been dropped into it to pump fuel. That's smart? Lol!
It's cool that we have variety of solutions.
It's all good! Mines cheaper and simple minded though.