How To Build A Compact Gas Tank

[xcody38x]

don't mind dan, hes drunk. lol and they planned on a wagon heat and only 2 showed up do they put the imperials and a couple other cars in. obviously rick knew what he was talking about but they were in the "wagon" class.
Rip Rick Knowles.

[skittlecar1x]

I ended up announcing on the DVD by myself in 2011 and with Rick's son Robby in 2012. Kinda nervous at first, but I had a great seat to watch it all from!

[jackedup]

Its not usually the head on hits that will make your plastic tank break. Its when your back end gets packed in tight or somebody hits you in the passengers side and gets under your door bar... if you even have a door bar.

[skittlecar1x]

I hear ya. This Sunbird I ran in 2006 was the one that made me start putting the tank on the passenger side rear floor. This one was mounted on the shelf wear the rear seat bottom sits. The box buckled, but the plastic tank stayed in it and never came apart. Actually, I still use the tank and box out of this one today.

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[T-Brell]

Aug 15, 2013 7:12:21 GMT -5 skittlecar1x said:

So this rider thing, not too get too far off topic, what do you do with your battery? Where do you put it?

On the floor in a box. Riders feet straddle it. Usually have a rider for their experience to potentially get a new derby driver in this dying world, a spotter, and to keep people from trying to drive thru the passenger door...

[jackedup]

I scare the crap out of my co-workers on the way to lunch every day, I'd love to put one in the passenger seat of a derby car.

[skittlecar1x]

Drivers seat, I am fine. I don't think you could pay me enough to get in the passenger seat. LoL. I think I prefer to be in control.

[xcody38x]

ill get in a passenger seat, if its an imperial with a good cage lol

[xcody38x]

don't get me wrong, steel fuel cells are tougher and better, but if you don't want to spend 200 in a cell you can only use in certain cars, a plastic boat tank is fine when its secure in a fireproof box. I plan on buying a tuff stuff tank sometime. I take my passenger seat out and put my tank in the rear floorboard, battery goes up front by the glove compartment

[jackedup]

I've never paid for one. I just build my own from scratch. Hence parking a 1 ton truck on it to test it, I also pressure test all my tanks to 140 psi and check them for leaks. Its way overkill but thats just how I roll. One of the derbies around here doesn't allow fuel cell protectors so the 4 cells I'm building right now will have a 2" square tube cage inside of them. They will be mounted to the back seat bar and the floor. I'll post up some pics of my Aluminum ones and my steel ones since this is a How to thread.

[jackedup]

Heres my intank pump tank my steel ones are all inline pumps. I have a custom insert that can go into the aluminum ones to run an inline or mechanical pump.

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[xcody38x]

nice work

[derbyman103]

Heres my fresh tank for my mini. I had to make a smaller tank for more room in the years car do to the rear end folding weird. I also have a larger fuel cell. but Im liking this one more at the moment. And yes it has been pressure tested and safe.

[jackedup]

Nice tank! just a heads up though, unless you strap that filler neck upright its going to leak gas. Also where are your fuel lines run?

[T-Brell]

Aug 15, 2013 15:39:48 GMT -5 jackedup said:

Heres my intank pump tank my steel ones are all inline pumps. I have a custom insert that can go into the aluminum ones to run an inline or mechanical pump.

^^^didn't we find out the hard way that great looking aluminum tanks can leak, too?