With that out of the way Carl Casanova paid the Pozzis a visit to help install the new Rick’s Stainless fuel tank with Carl’s own VaporWorx modifications. Everyone who was able to attend the RTTC deal at the beginning of the months was able to see a couple of Carl’s new designs – both my tank and his new ‘retro fit’ for stock tanks were on display. The basic mechanics of Carl’s design is that a 5th Gen Camaro or Cadillac CTS-V surge pump can be installed in the tank with dual corner pickups providing OEM reliability and eliminating fuel slosh issues:
Where Carl’s design really shines however is in the electronics behind the design. Carl has eliminated the mechanical fuel pressure regulator and gone with a voltage controller coupled with a pressure sensor – essentially sensing output pressure and controlling the voltage sent to the pump to maintain the desired pressure for a given load requirement. This should result in a pump that runs cooler and lasts longer.
The first step was removing the old fuel system:
I have always used a Rick’s Stainless tank and the original one had a Kinsler spec Bosch pump which lead to an Aeromotive filter and to an Aeromotive regulator with a return line to the tank and the main fuel line to the rails. The new tank has a 5th Gen pump, which includes the filter, and the regulator is controlled as described above so none of the old stuff was being carried over.
But the OneLapCamaro got its nickname of Tweak for a reason so it was only a matter of time until the discovery that the new tank needed a slight modification to clear the exhaust:
A quick trim:
Followed by some stainless TIG practice for David:
And we were ready to go:
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