1968 Camaro "Badmotorfinger" v2.2

[Flash68]

Rob the Torino guy had asked me to post about my new ATL fuel cell setup since he screwed up on his order and got the wrong one for his usage.

I had fortunately ordered mine through a local dealer in the next town over who corrected me and advised me on the proper setup to get (Thanks again Steven).

It's the ATL 22 gallon Sports Cell with steel can, hard molded rubber bladder, -10 pickup, -8 return and -6 cent. The key is the surge tank with 3 trap doors that collect the fuel in the center-rear of the bladder inside the foam cut out area as you see below. Pretty cool little setup. This foam is good to handle E85 as well.

Oh, and my photos are slightly better than Rob's too, so uh, I got that goin for me. (Skip, that's for you).

And since Sieg told me to swap my other lense on my Canon Rebel, the pics are a little better.. I think.

[Sieg]

That there is one purdy cell. Really liking the direction of BMFII.

[intocarss]

That's Better Then Live Porn

[fleetus macmullitz]

Nice system and some good lookin pics there DG.

I always gravitate towards a bladder system that's been perfected.

[Track Junky]

Good move on the ATL. I feel more comfortable having two pick ups as opposed to the one in the Fuel Safe......although....these MFr's are heavy. Thinking about selling mine and going with the ATL aluminum.

[sik68]

22 gallons of e85...If pro-touring was a drinking game, BMF =

I might have to grab one of those trap door thingamaboxes too.

[sixnina]

That there is a work of art. Nice pickup Dave!
Shane

[tones2SS]

Originally Posted by compos mentis

Nice system and some good lookin pics there DG.

What the Skipper said. Looking good Dave!

[Flash68]

Originally Posted by compos mentis

I always gravitate towards a bladder system that's been perfected.

Good thing is for gas vs oil eh?

Originally Posted by Track Junky

Good move on the ATL. I feel more comfortable having two pick ups as opposed to the one in the Fuel Safe......although....these MFr's are heavy. Thinking about selling mine and going with the ATL aluminum.

I am posting this so whoever decides to run a cell like this in their car may learn this like I did before they purchase.

You are making the same mistake on that thinking that Rob made and I was about to make. It may seem counterintuitive, but if you are running a single fuel pump the single surge tank and pickup in the rear-center is the recipe for road racing. Ken @ I/O Port Racing in Lafayette explained this to me and encouraged me to call ATL for their guidance. I did, and the tech there said the exact same thing.

The dual pickups in the corners are fine if you want to run dual external fuel pumps but I don't see many of us around here doing that. If you run the duals with one pump and a Y-manifold as Rob and I were planning on doing, I was advised by both I/O Port and ATL that this way would cause you to suck air on the opposite side of a corner. Never a good thing.

I am not playing the weight game yet so I went with the steel can. The alum can in silver finish looks pretty cool though.

Originally Posted by sik68

22 gallons of e85...If pro-touring was a drinking game, BMF =

I might have to grab one of those trap door thingamaboxes too.

Well the car would still likely lose to Richie.

The surge tanks seems to be the ticket for what we do. It can be had for about $200.

[Track Junky]

Originally Posted by Flash68

I am posting this so whoever decides to run a cell like this in their car may learn this like I did before they purchase.

You are making the same mistake on that thinking that Rob made and I was about to make. It may seem counterintuitive, but if you are running a single fuel pump the single surge tank and pickup in the rear-center is the recipe for road racing. Ken @ I/O Port Racing in Lafayette explained this to me and encouraged me to call ATL for their guidance. I did, and the tech there said the exact same thing.

The dual pickups in the corners are fine if you want to run dual external fuel pumps but I don't see many of us around here doing that. If you run the duals with one pump and a Y-manifold as Rob and I were planning on doing, I was advised by both I/O Port and ATL that this way would cause you to suck air on the opposite side of a corner. Never a good thing.

I am not playing the weight game yet so I went with the steel can. The alum can in silver finish looks pretty cool though.



Well the car would still likely lose to Richie.

The surge tanks seems to be the ticket for what we do. It can be had for about $200.

My cell has been sitting at my brother-n-laws so I haven't really looked at it. My thinking is that the pickups are y'ed in the tank and I will only be pumping from one fitting at the top of the tank.......
Although I can see how that would be a problem with a 22 gallon tank.....I dont need that much fuel in the car at any one given time so I'm running an 8 gallon to save weight.......I think I should be fine.