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This is what I am thinking about for my gas tank.. dual cells in front of the axle.. down side it will only hold 10 gallons of fuel..
Carl C from Vaporworks will pay us a visit this week to discuss my idea...
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Chris I love the dual tank idea. I have alway's hated the time bomb in the back of these old cars.
Lotus has a similar set up and I had considered using it on the 70 but I didn't want to sacrfice the rear seat. If you cut in the rear seat area you might be able to get a few more gallons. heck if your running a LS and get two 6 gallon tanks you would still get close to 200 miles out of the tanks which is simlar to my Wonderful 5.3 Tahoe.
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This is what I am thinking about for my gas tank.. dual cells in front of the axle.. down side it will only hold 10 gallons of fuel..
Carl C from Vaporworks will pay us a visit this week to discuss my idea...
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What about a tank that would go over the hump in the back seat? That should get you a couple of more gallons... or just go bigger and make the back seat a "shelf"... just thinking out loud.
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Purpose for putting the gas tank in front of the axle is to distribute the weight towards the center of the car.. & maintain the center of gravity in the middle.. Plus I don't want all that weight swinging back their.. With a LS motor I will get decent gas milage... Just got a new LS3 crate motor!
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Chris I love the dual tank idea. I have alway's hated the time bomb in the back of these old cars.
Lotus has a similar set up and I had considered using it on the 70 but I didn't want to sacrfice the rear seat. If you cut in the rear seat area you might be able to get a few more gallons. heck if your running a LS and get two 6 gallon tanks you would still get close to 200 miles out of the tanks which is simlar to my Wonderful 5.3 Tahoe.
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What about a tank that would go over the hump in the back seat? That should get you a couple of more gallons... or just go bigger and make the back seat a "shelf"... just thinking out loud.
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C5 vettes have dual tanls in the same location. Looks great Chris
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^This. Id be willing to bet if you fabbed it right you could even run the C5 pumps. Ill have to run by and talk about it, lord knows ive changed about 500 or more fuel pumps in C5's. This is actually a very cool, and good design for a number of reasons.
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New Caddy and new Camaro also use the C5/C6 concept with a much better pump/bucket/sump idea. Pontiac G8GT uses same. Vaporworx kit uses the same camaro pump. Carl will hook ya up with the best info.
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I like how the subframe bolts to the sub frame connectors, looks clean
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sorry guys I have been away for awhile... but it has been crazy busy here @ the shop... We have currently shifted in what we are doing here @ the shop.. Still building custom cars but got the race bug! Thanks Karl! Currently have a rendering going with some kinda crazy race inspired/street car going right now... TAZ Camaro has me thinking... Looking @ doing some crazy flares... We will build the front fenders to get them molded for CF or fiberglass & build some kinda bolt on rear flare..
Here is a pic of our new hood mold!
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