VaporWorks Suppose to have Baffles?
 

My Rick's Vaporworks tank doesn't have baffles as compared to my non vaporworks tank. Is this how its supposed to be?

I'm not sure but where did you purchase it? Is their a possibility of it being a counterfeit part?

I haven't seen the inside of one, but if it uses the gen 5 Camaro pump assembly I think its a baffle in and of itself. That coupled with the 2 remote pickups in each corner is likely all that is needed. All of the factory GM tanks I have seen on the inside don't have a baffle. This is purely me speculating, but I'm sure you should have an answer from someone in the know here on the forum shortly.

This is what I was thinking too but I googled images of the Vaporworx tank and it shows two baffles...

Don

I'm pretty sure Mine doesn't either. I noticed the same thing when I was installing my pumps.

I'm sure Carl will chime in here in a bit.

It's a legit tank, I bought it from MCB and was drop shipped.

Gents,

No baffling is needed for the VaporWorx fuel module design. There will be bulkheads where the tank straps surround the body shell.

With the module and corner pickup arrangement the tank will be truly empty when it's out of fuel. Several members have run out fuel on-track due to the tank running dry. The setup is so effective that many folks simply forget about the fuel system.

Thanks Carl, appreciate the input. :thumbsup:

Mine doesn't even have those. Its a complete open tank with the little tabs on the inside for the pick-ups

Here is a pic:

http://www.mattsclassicbowties.com/c...-us/d2608.html

Maybe the tank has been cost reduced...

Don

Yea mine doesn't have those either. Just tabs, no reinforcement.

Pic for reference.
http://i.imgur.com/ToyC4wr.jpg

William

Rick's may have changed the design to no bulkheads (stock tanks do not have them.)

For the corner pickups, I can't comment since I don't know why they are not included. However, even without them module performance is excellent.

I just spoke with Hector at Rick's Tanks. What Carl stated is 100% correct, of course!

The baffles were removed to save weight as Stainless is heavy and because they were unnecessary, as Carl stated, the pickups do the job perfectly of draining the tank DRY! :innocent:

Rick's has not raised their prices in 5 years and they have seen many price increases in cost of materials so the savings in a few pieces of baffling are nothing really.

Have confidence guys, the Vaporworx system is still the TOP fuel delivery system in the business!

Thanks
Matt

I have a vaporworx module in a tank with no baffles or corner pickups.

I had no fuel starvation on the street right up until I ran out of gas...

I've done two track days with it now and the recent track day I was down to around 1/8th of a tank and still no fuel starvation issues. That is on a track with several really long high G corners too (~1g+ lasting 15 seconds).

:thumbsup: